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Was Lincoln very litigous?

Abraham Lincoln offered this timeless, usually unheeded, piece of advice to lawyers: "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbor to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."

This news arrived on: 10/26/2009

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Posted Comments:

11-02-2009 15:52

wrote:

Lincoln chose not to believe it is
invariably the case that 94.36% of lawyers
proceed on the premise that enough is never
enough.

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11-02-2009 14:17

I wrote:

I never thought of lawyers as being peacemakers. I guess Lincoln had more noble aspirations than many attorneys do today.

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11-02-2009 11:48

wrote:

THIS IS STILL EXCELLENT ADVICE TODAY! WHO NEEDS LAWYERS THAT ARE ONLY OUT FOR MEGA BUCKS? WHAT HAPPENED TO "JUSTICE FOR ALL"?

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