"It is a maxim among these lawyers,..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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“My Lawyer being practiced almost from his Cradle in defending Falsehood; is quite out of his Element when he would be an Advocate for Justice, which as an Office unnatural, he always attempts with great Awkwardness if not with Ill-will.”
“A college joke to cure the dumps.”
“In oratory the greatest art is to hide art.”
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“In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.”
“When asked to borrow money: "I'll see what my lawyer says. . . . And if he says yes, I'll get another lawyer.”
“If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.”
More on Justice
“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
“...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And further, we have often heard and often said that justice consists of minding your own business and not interfering with other people.”
“A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.”