“Lawyer — One who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.”

“So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.”

Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.”

Charles Lamb (1775–1834) English essayist

“The ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who ore the ones that we kept in
charge
Killers, thieves, and lawyers
God's Away, God's away
God's away on Business”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“[ What one day gives us another takes away from us. ]”

George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest

“Do you think you are protecting somebody by taking away seven words?”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

“The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.”

John Selden (1584–1654) English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law

“You can be sure that all and each one of us who have institutional responsibilities will raise not only our voice but will take concrete action against any sign of anti-Semitism. We are not willing to give away what has been a historic tradition in Latin America.”

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953) Argentine politician and ex President of Argentina

“The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.”

Wendy Shalit (1975) American writer

“Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker