The American people must choose whether they wish to be ruled by laws or lawyers- legislation or litigation. The first series of alternatives is preferable because it accords with our tradition and needs, but unless both bar and bench move to regain popular trust and prestige, they will lose the only kind of leadership which counts in a democracy- the direction of moral and social forces which underlies human happiness and progress.
Publication Year
1937
Citation
The Commentator 43. RHJP, Box 54.
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The American people must choose whether they wish to be ruled by laws or lawyers- legislation or litigation. The first series of alternatives is preferable because it accords with our tradition and needs, but unless both bar and bench move to regain popular trust and prestige, they will lose the only kind of leadership which counts in a democracy- the direction of moral and social forces which underlies human happiness and progress.
