It is only through the power of association that those of any calling exercise due influence in their communities.
Elihu RootAbout half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.
Elihu RootThe framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created the Senate to fulfill that high and vitally important duty.
Elihu Root