The reason the lawyers lead the line to the guillotine or the firing squad is that, while law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilize…

- Fred Rodell

It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory, pulling a …

- Fred Rodell

Exceptions to the traditions of dumpy dignity and fake learnedness in law review writing are as rare as they are beautiful. Once in a while a Thomas …

- Fred Rodell

It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers; they make our la…

- Fred Rodell

There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content.

- Fred Rodell

Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law re…

- Fred Rodell

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

- Fred Rodell

The Lawyers' trade is a trade built entirely on words. And so long as the lawyers carefully keep to themselves the key to what those words mean, the …

- Fred Rodell

All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned. There is only a co…

- Fred Rodell