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“God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin

“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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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams

“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.”

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Author:John Grisham

“It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.”

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Book:Time Enough for Love

Source: Time Enough for Love

“There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.”

“No life, my honest scholar, no life so happyand so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.”

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Author:William Walton

“When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.”

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Author:Ferdinand Lundberg