“If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born; and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part.” IfsMenShouldFirstsLanguageBornPartyStepsDestinyHairShould HaveLawyerFirst StepsBreadth Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14.” PeopleShouldPlayHelpingLawFatherShould HaveSacredVery GoodLawyerBarsJointsGood Lawyer Author:Max Weinberg
“No system of criminal justice can, or should, survive if it comes to depend for its continued effectiveness on the citizens' abdication through unawareness of their constitutional rights. No system worth preserving should have to fear that if an accused is permitted to consult with a lawyer, he will become aware of, and exercise, these rights.” IfsShouldJusticeRightsDependsCitizensExerciseShould HaveCriminalsLawyerAccusedEffectivenessCriminal JusticeConstitutional RightsUnawarenessAbdication Author:Arthur Goldberg
“Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of humans. Being a parent should be a career. Whereas some people are engineers, musicians, or lawyers, others with the desire and the skills can be fathers and mothers. Schools can be eliminated if the professional parent is also the educator of the child.” PeopleIfsShouldHumansChildrenSchoolMotherDesireFatherParentResponsibilityCareersSkillsMusicianShould HaveResponsibleLawyerDedicatedEngineersPercentagesEducatorBeing A Parent Author:Paul Watson
“I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.” ShouldKindShould HaveLawyerContractsSigningMessed Up Author:Ahmet Ertegun
“As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.” PeopleWayShouldBelieveHas BeensJusticeFictionRecordsCitizensShould HaveInjusticeLawyerOutcomesShould Have BeenVindicated Author:David Baldacci
“I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.” ThinkingShouldPersonsTalkingIssuesIntellectualShould HavePropertyLawyerMore TimeIntellectual Property Author:Linus Torvalds
“A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.” ShouldBlackWhiteGroupsRacismShould HaveSouthLawyerBlack And WhiteSouth Africa Author:A. Whitney Brown