A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes… — Samuel Johnson
A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.
Quoted in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell · 1773
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Johnson, Samuel and James Boswell. "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides." A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, edited by Jack Lynch and Celia Barnes. Oxford University Press, 2021.
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 15 Aug. 1773.
