Lawrence M. Friedman Quotes & Sayings

Criminal law has to do with relations between the misbehaving individual and his government ... Criminal law establishes rules of conduct; their breach, if prosecuted and conviction follows, results in punishment. — Lawrence M. Friedman

The ethical practices of lawyers are probably no worse than those of other professions. Lawyers bring some of the trouble on by claiming in a sanctimonious way that they are interested only in justice, not power or wealth. They also suffer guilt by association. Their clients are often people in trouble. Saints need no lawyers: gangsters do. — Lawrence M. Friedman

Law..is too important to be left to the lawyers. — Lawrence M. Friedman