On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Weyant, Gregory wrote:
> I've been asked to find the source (as well as the exact wording) for
> the following quote:
>
> "When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are
> against you, argue the law. When both are against you, call the other
> lawyer names."
The ever-helpful Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations indicates
that this joke, with the punchline "pound on the table and yell like
hell," appears in Carl Sandburg's poem, The People, Yes (1936).
Fred Shapiro
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