The lawyers of the United States form a party which is but little feared and scarcely perceived, which has no badge peculiar to itself, which adapts … - Alexis de Tocqueville

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The lawyers of the United States form a party which is but little feared and scarcely perceived, which has no badge peculiar to itself, which adapts itself with great flexibility to the exigencies of the time, and accommodates itself to all the movements of the social body; but this party extends over the whole community, and it penetrates into all classes of society; it acts upon the country imperceptibly, but it finally fashions it to suit its purposes.