...bestowed. And so close an observer as de Tocqueville has said that "a republic could not long exist, if the influence of lawyers in public business did...increase in proportion to the power of the people." Let us not be deceived by the thought that our profession as a whole are naturally or necessarily on...

...multitude. And he asserts his belief that a Republic could not exist if the influence of lawyers in the public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people. Burke, in his usual philosophic vein, -very skillfully indicated the influence of legal studies in...

...respect he does not, what is the reason, and how can he best be restored to his former position ? There can be no question as to the fact that in the ancient...— so many of his predictions have been verified — then the question as to whether the American Bar has lost any of its former influence — whether...

...WALDORF ASTORIA, FEBRUARY 2, 1966 Alexis de Tocqueville once said that no republic could hope to exist "if the influence of lawyers in public business did...increase in proportion to the power of the people." That judgment has been upheld by time — as each generation of American lawyers exercised new leadership...

...FEBRUARY 2, 1966 Alexis de Tocqueville once said that no republic could hope to exist “If the InIluence of lawyers in public business did not Increase In proportion to the power of the people.” That judgment has been upheld by time—as each generation of American lawyers exercised new leadership...

...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained, and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly...

...democratic institutions could long be maintained; and I cannot believe that a republic could hope to exist at the present time, if the influence of lawyers in...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly...

...of those institutions far more; they are less afraid of tyranny than of arbitrary power. * * and I. cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people." We point with pride to the past achievements of our profession and, notwithstanding the tendency to...