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Quotes of the Day for 21 May 2005 - Lawyers

Raymond Burr was born on this day in 1917 at New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Starring as Perry Mason on television from 1957 to 1966, and returning as the portly and ever-victorious defense attorney in a series of made-for-television movies from 1985 to 1993, for millions he was the quintessential lawyer. Here are a few quotes, on the lighter side but with a certain amount of truth, about lawyers.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
     - Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790

Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.
     - Cullen Hightower

Lawyer: the only man in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
     - Elbert Hubbard, 1856 - 1915

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
     - Henry Louis Mencken, 1880 - 1956

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and their anger.
     - Marcus Valerius Martial, c. 40 - 104

A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has a better lawyer.
     - Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963

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