While law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilized way of helping the wheels go round without too much friction, it is pretty hard to find a group less concerned with serving society and more concerned…

Quote by Fred Rodell

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Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under...

Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under...

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it...

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth

The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when...

When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make...

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as...

The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

When the tribe first sat down in a circle and agreed to allow only one...

When the tribe first sat down in a circle and agreed to allow only one...