Carolina QuotesNext to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.
William Jennings Bryan Carolinian
Source
"The Law and the Gospel" (1896)
- year
- 1896
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