Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, this amendment should be defeated. Abraham Lincoln left behind pages of notes on a lecture he was to give to lawyers. They say: ``Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife and put money in his pocket?'' That was Lincoln in the 1850s. Here is Forbes Magazine just a couple of years ago: The lead plaintiff in the 5-Hour case . . . worked in marketing for a cosmetic surgery center in California. But in a grueling 5-hour deposition, she admitted she had been recruited to serve as a plaintiff by her cousin, who worked for a Texas lawyer; had purchased two bottles of 5-Hour ENERGY specifically to sue the manufacturer; had never complained to the company or sought a refund; and had signed a backdated retainer agreement with the trial lawyer, Rubinstein, the fellow seen here at his own deposition. . . . Another one of Rubinstein's clients . . . admitted she had served as a plaintiff for Rubinstein in at least four class actions over products like Swanson pot pies and lipstick. . . . Emails and other communications 5-Hour's lawyers uncovered in their suit showed that Rubinstein belonged to a loose affiliation of lawyers who ran an assembly-line process of identifying companies to sue and then helping each other find plaintiffs.…”