"I don't think you can make a..." - Quote by Will Rogers
I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer.
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“You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.”
“I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of an inferior-superior syndrome. I think I have an inferior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.”
“Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.”