Legal quotes & quips

时间：2007-01-24 06:45:23

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When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty;

When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace;

When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.?

-- Lin Yutang

?Litigation is a machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.?

-- Ambrose Bierce
"A country man between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.?

-- Benjamin Franklin

?Lawyers have been known to wrest1 from reluctant juries triumphant2 verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were clearly and unmistakably innocent.?

-- Oscar Wilde

?In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.?

-- Lenny Bruce

?I was never ruined but twice -- once when I lost a lawsuit3, and once when I gained one.?

-- Voltaire

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1 wrest 1fdwD     
n.扭，拧，猛夺；v.夺取，猛扭，歪曲
参考例句：
  • The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.警官最终把枪从他手中夺走了。
  • You wrest my words out of their real meaning.你曲解了我话里的真正含义。
2 triumphant JpQys     
adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的
参考例句：
  • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
  • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
3 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

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