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Lawyer: A professional advocate hired to bend the law on behalf of a paying client; for this reason considered the most suitable background for entry into politics.

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A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself.

(1778 – 1868) English politician
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A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright
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Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist
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We shouldn’t have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
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A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

(1921 – 1999) American writer (The Godfather)
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If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist
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The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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Every girl dreams, when they grow up, they’re gonna marry a doctor, marry a lawyer; but me, I had to marry the only lawyer in America with a conscience.

(1963 – ) American comedian
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And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on Me; and let there be lawyers so people don't blame everything on Satan.’

Canadian comedian & author
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Karen, I am a lawyer, which means, unlike you, I actually passed a bar.

(1963 – ) Canadian-American actor
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Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge which anyone in search of justice must pass.

(1939 – ) American financial journalist
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90% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

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A lawyer is someone who writes a 40-page document and calls it a brief!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
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I'm not an ambulance chaser; I'm usually there before the ambulance.

(1907 – 1996) American attorney
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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
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Lawyers make excellent patients; they have excellent health care and they never get better.

(1959 – ) American actor
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Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
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The first thing we do, let’s kill the lawyers.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet
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Lawyer: A fellow who is willing to go out and spend your last cent to prove he’s right.

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Lawsuit: A contest generally won by the party that can afford to reimburse the lawyers on both sides of the dispute.

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