“That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
On the U.S. Congress, in his Autobiography (6 January 1821)
1820s
“In this country there are fifty lawyers to every one policeman, and the lawyers expect to win.”
— Norman Lewis, book Naples '44
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