This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Topics: Justice Quotes, Law And Lawyers Quotes

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.