In America, to be ID'd - sorted, tagged, and permanently filed - is to lose a bit of one's soul. To die a little. This sounds like a subtle, poetic notion. It's not. In American legal and cultural tradition, one essential privilege of citizenship is not having to prove it on demand.
Copy QuoteI busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Copy Quote View & ShareOne of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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