Lawyer quotes

Some classic lawyer quotes.

“It is interesting to note that criminals have multiplied of late, and lawyers have also; but I repeat myself.”

Mark Twain, author (1835-1910)

“The law is an ass.”

Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)

“If you don’t get the lawyer who knows the law, then get one who knows the judge.”

Anonymous

“A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.”

Mario Puzo, author (1920-1999)

“A lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.”

Patrick Murray, screen actor (1956 - ?)

“Law students are trained in the case method, and to the lawyer everything in life looks like a case.”

Edward Packard, Jr., election administrator (1968 - ?)

“There are three sorts or lawyers – able, unable and lamentable.”

Robert Smith Surtees, English editor, novelist (1803 – 1864)

“Of course people are getting smarter nowadays: they are letting lawyers instead of their conscience be their guide.”

German proverb

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

Adlai Stevenson, politician and diplomat (1900-1965)

“A lawyer's time and advice are his stock and trade.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president (1861-65)

“Appeal: in law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.”

The devil’s dictionary

“Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.”

Ambrose Pierce, editorialist, journalist (1842-1914)

“Be frank and explicit with your lawyer. It’s his business to confuse the issue afterwards.”

Anonymous

“The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.”

H.L Mencken, journalist, (1880-1956)

“Most attorneys practice the law because it gives then a grand and glorious feeling. You give them a grand and they feel glorious.”

Milton Berle, comedian and actor (1908-2002)

Via Emmy