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Quote by Edmund Burke
It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the

It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke

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And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke

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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost

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A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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