“The ethical practices of lawyers are probably no worse than those of other professions. Lawyers bring some of the trouble on by claiming in a sanctimonious way that they are interested only in justice, not power or wealth. They also suffer guilt by association. Their clients are often people in trouble. Saints need no lawyers: gangsters do.” PeopleWayNeedsSufferingWealthJusticePracticeTroubleGuiltSaintProfessionLawyerEthicalAssociationClientsGangstersSanctimonious Author:Lawrence M. Friedman
“The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible, it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil.” LightChristianEvilSocialJusticeConceptsBasesSocial JusticeFundamentalsHistoricalCharityTraditionalEthicalWickednessHavocMasquerade Book:Letters Papers from Prison Source: Letters Papers from Prison
“The idea that laws decide what is right or wrong is mistaken in general. Laws are, at their best, an attempt to achieve justice; to say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things upside down.” IdeasLawJusticeAchieveEthicalMistakenUpside DownThings Upside Down Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman