Good Lawyer Quotes

• A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

  Mark Twain

  Clever, Law, Lunch

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• The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Men, Law

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.354

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• If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Law, People

  Charles Dickens (1848). “The Old Curiosity Shop ... With a Frontispiece. From a Painting by Geo. Cattermole, Etc”, p.255

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• As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Opportunity, Men, Good Man

  "Notes for a Law Lecture," ca. 1 July 1850

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• I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

  Oliver North

  Feet, Lawyer, Lord

  "Trusting 'in the Lord and a Good Lawyer'". Newsweek, December 08, 1986.

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• A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

  John Lothrop Motley

  Christian, Lawyer, Good Christian

  John Lothrop Motley (2011). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History”, p.207, Cambridge University Press

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• The good lawyer is the great salesman.

  Janet Reno

  Feet, Lawyer, Salesman

  "Janet Reno's Choice". Article by Lincoln Caplan, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 1994.

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• Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Business, Opportunity, Men

  "Notes for a Law Lecture," ca. 1 July 1850

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• And God said 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'

  George Burns

  People, Lawyer, Blame

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• It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

  Charles Dickens

  Law, People, Would Be

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.2312, Delphi Classics

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• Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, or if it so offends you that you think it would undermine your ability to do your duty as a lawyer, then you shouldn't take it on.

  Walter Smith

  Thinking, Lawyer, Duty

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Thinking, Lawyer, Combination

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• The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer.

  Mark Twain

  Law, Lawyer, Protect

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• A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Lawyer, Shut Up, Cases

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• I think I would have been a reasonably good lawyer. I have a faculty for making sense of mountains of information.

  Hilary Mantel

  Thinking, Mountain, Information

  "My other life: Hilary Mantel" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2009.

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• A good lawyer is part con man, part priest -- promising riches, threatening hell. My ethical rules are simple. I won't lie to the court or let a client do it. But I've never been in this position. How far would I go for a woman who mattered? Is there anything I wouldn't do to win?

  Paul Levine

  Lying, Winning, Simple

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• Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer.

  Gracie Allen

  Men, Thinking, Average

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• Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd.

  Tony Iommi

  Lawyer, Chords

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• What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession then your image of what a good lawyer is is a male image.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Doctors, Males, Lawyer

  "Sotomayor says she was 'perfect affirmative action baby'" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2009.

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• The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers for Irish. It should be to produce good lawyers for Americans, and not to place First Amendment barriers against anyone.

  William O. Douglas

  Black, Firsts, Purpose

  "DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 23, 1974.

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• My dream job would be a lawyer. I can talk my way out of anything, and I love cross-examining people. I think I'd be a really good lawyer.

  Tamara Ecclestone

  Dream, Jobs, Thinking

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• The mole rat is the only rodent born without a fur coat. With a good lawyer, someone would pay for that little oversight.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, God, Humorous

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• Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Law, Enough

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• I've talked to a lot of pretty good lawyers around the world. I'm non-extraditable. That's the real reason the US government was pissed off, even when I was initially in Hong Kong.

  Edward Snowden

  Real, Government, Hong Kong

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• Learn your audience and know how to reach them and don't sign anything without a good lawyer and a capable agent.

  Vantile Whitfield

  Agents, Lawyer, Audience

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