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Frederick Pollock quotes

English Judge December 10, 1845 – January 18, 1937

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Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say. Frederick Pollock
Frederick Pollock quote: "Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she..."
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
Frederick Pollock quote: "The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art."
The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art. Frederick Pollock
Frederick Pollock quote: "It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and..."
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation. Frederick Pollock
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
I forget how many thousand eggs go wrong for one codfish that gets hatched. But as Berkeley said long ago, it is idle to censure the creation as wasteful if you believe in a creator who has unlimited stuff to play with. Frederick Pollock
Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties. Frederick Pollock
If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law. Frederick Pollock
Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not. Frederick Pollock
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
Frederick Pollock quote: "The oldest theory of contract is I think negative."
The oldest theory of contract is I think negative. Frederick Pollock
But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard. Frederick Pollock
Frederick Pollock quote: "I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very..."
I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted. Frederick Pollock
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
Frederick Pollock quote: "Medieval justice was a quaint thing."
Medieval justice was a quaint thing. Frederick Pollock

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