Awkwardness Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Now, in this case, I, who am the right owner, lie under two great disadvantages: first, my lawyer, being practised almost from his cradle…

— Jonathan Swift

Since lawyers are thinkers and not feelers, and their moral development is locked into the rigidity of maintaining law and order, they often come…

— Thane Rosenbaum

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There must be some point, at which the lawyer's own personal and social morality will rebel against his traditional allegiance to his client.

— Harry Jones

Good lawyering is usually cerebral and impersonally. You can convince a judge with a mastery of facts, detail, and precedent - not a story…

— Ari Melber

In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and…

— Felix Frankfurter

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client,…

— Lynne Stewart

The mere title of lawyer is sufficient to deprive a man of the public confidence. ... The most innocent and irreproachable life cannot guard…

— John Quincy Adams

A lawyer actually has to see all sides of a situation. Lawyers actually might be the most understanding human beings.

— Derek Cianfrance

Under the ethics rules that apply to lawyers, an attorney has a duty to represent her clients zealously, which includes refraining from contradicting her…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, or if it so…

— Walter Smith

The law is a crude machine at best, and only spits out something approaching justice of its attendants are committed to justice. As lawyering…

— Holman W. Jenkins, Jr