Famous quotes containing the words american and/or lawyer:
“There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.”
—Edith Wharton (18621937)
“[A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)