WIST Quotations

Story, Joseph -- “Advice to a Young Lawyer”, The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Vol. 5 (1831)

Dave — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:29:24 +0000

Be brief, be pointed, let your matter stand
Lucid in order, solid and at hand;
Spend not your words on trifles but condense;
Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;
Press to close with vigor, once begun,
And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done.

Joseph Story (1779–1845) American lawyer, jurist, Supreme Court Justice (1811–1845)
“Advice to a Young Lawyer”, The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Vol. 5 (1831)

Story, Joseph -- Address to the Suffolk Bar, New York (4 Sep 1821)

Dave — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:03:31 +0000

Frame constitutions of government with what wisdom and foresight we may, they must be imperfect, and leave something to discretion, and much to public virtue.

Joseph Story (1779–1845) American lawyer, jurist, Supreme Court Justice (1811–1845)
Address to the Suffolk Bar, New York (4 Sep 1821)

Story, Joseph -- Motto of the Salem Register newspaper

Dave — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:06:42 +0000

Here shall the Press the People’s right maintain,
Unaw’d by influence and unbrib’d by gain;
Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledg’d to Religion, Liberty, and Law.

Joseph Story (1779–1845) American lawyer, jurist, Supreme Court Justice (1811–1845)
Motto of the Salem Register newspaper