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August 9, 2006
Quote It! On Absolutism (and Its Contemporary Pretenders)
"There is one thing that stands out in all legal history, and that is that the lawyer is the inveterate and uncompromising foe of absolutism. Any absolute ruler is pretty certain to run afoul of lawyers and judges and Cromwell found that out." -- Roscoe Pound, editorial, The Reader's Digest Article, 15 NACCA Law Journal (May 1955) at 25.
And any pretender to absolute power will also run afoul of lawyers and judges and Bush found that out. [JH]
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An Irish Triad
Three things which justice demands:
Judgement,
Measure,
Conscience.
"Irish Wisdom" ISBN 0-8118-1089-5
Posted by: maryanne simpson | Aug 10, 2006 6:55:14 AM
