Famous quotes containing the words test and/or cases:
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge on his own ground, and, in cases of the highest importance, it is of no consequence whether a man breaks a human law or not. Let lawyers decide trivial cases.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)