The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein… scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands. Frederick Pollock Read Quote
Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows. Frederick Pollock Read Quote