 | Iowa State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 938 pages
...the question, " But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad ? " he said : " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing,... | |
 | Thomas R. Martland - Religion - 1981 - 240 pages
..."But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" and Johnson typically replies: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call... | |
 | David Luban - Law - 1988 - 484 pages
...permit the identification of the law with a closed circle of delusion. 26 a cause known to be bad: "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it."34 You may suspect it to be good or bad, but your suspicion does not rise to the dignity... | |
 | Michael Radelet - Social Science - 1989 - 236 pages
...uncertainty of whether such a client is guilty or not, usually with reference to Dr. Johnson's homily: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. ... An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you... | |
 | Richard A. Lanham - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2010 - 302 pages
...shall call "the Strong Defense," and which Samuel Johnson summarized with his usual absence of cant as, "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it." The Strong Defense assumes that truth is determined by social dramas, some more formal... | |
 | Judges - 2004 - 652 pages
...reply to Boswell upon being asked what he thought of "supporting a cause which you know to be bad" was: "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call... | |
 | Steven Lubet - Trial practice - 2004 - 616 pages
...reported that Dr. Johnson took the same position with regard to arguing a case which he knew to be weak: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. * * * An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the Judge to whom you... | |
 | Don Herzog - Deception - 2006 - 216 pages
...opinion: you are not to tell lies to a judge." BOSWELL. "But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON. "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call... | |
 | 1871 - 498 pages
...opinion ; you are not to tell lies to a judge. " Boswell. But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad ? " Johnson. Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I havo said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you... | |
 | Lord Macmillan - 1938 - 300 pages
...which I cannot do better than quote once more : BOSWELL: "But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON: "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. You are to state facts clearly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause... | |
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Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments... 
