In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.


Letter to former Illinois Attorney General Usher F. Linder (20 February 1848)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.

In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.

In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.

In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.