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"Lawyers Are": Those whose interests and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding the law.


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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.



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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.



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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



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