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To: nihil who wrote (46221)7/21/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: Sidney Reilly  Respond to of 108807
 
nihil,

Lawyers are people like Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR, and Earl Warren each of whom did more for human freedom than any critic of lawyers in history.

FDR? Earl Warren? Give me a break!!

SR



To: nihil who wrote (46221)7/21/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 108807
 
Not to mention Oliver Wendell Holmes, Gerry Spence, and many others.

People who prefer sound bites over substance like to quote Shakespeare's "first kill all the lawyers" as though it were anti-lawyer. In fact, it was a pro-lawyer comment.

(Same thing happened to the Ugly American, who in the book was the good guy.)



To: nihil who wrote (46221)7/21/1999 3:17:00 PM
From: Father Terrence  Respond to of 108807
 
How did these evil men creep in?

FDR and Earl Warren