Friday, March 29, AD 2024 5:53am

Quotes Suitable for Framing: Elihu Root

quote-about-half-the-practice-of-a-decent-lawyer-consists-in-telling-would-be-clients-that-they-are-elihu-root-309888

About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop.

Elihu Root

Secretary of War and Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, US Senator from New York, founder of the Council on Foreign Relations, the life of Elihu Root is a demonstration of the fickleness of fame in history.  For all his numerous accomplishments, he is remembered today for a throw away quote he made about the practice of law in the 1880s.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
2 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Jonathan
Tuesday, March 29, AD 2016 6:03am

It would be interesting to know his background. I have a Root (Polly – b.1812) in my family tree who married Jeremiah Bartholomew in the 1800s. I can trace the Roots back to the 1500s, but the children are sparse. If anything, he’s a distant cousin.

–Jonathan

Anzlyne
Anzlyne
Wednesday, March 30, AD 2016 7:07am

A related post? 🙂 You gave us this quote on the same morning you asked us to quip our thoughts about the pope….

Discover more from The American Catholic

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Scroll to Top