In a civilized society, might does not make right. The rule of law is paramount to power and we lawyers are the difference. We see that people play by the rules. We insist on fairness and justice. Lawyers resolve conflict and differences, not by fists but by a system of justice blind to the differences between the powerful and the powerless, equal to all.
Lawyers are the enforcers of rights and responsibilities.
He drafted the Declaration of Independence, the most revolutionary document of democracy for more than 200 years. His name was Thomas Jefferson, and he was a student of the law. He was at the miracle in Philadelphia, the Constitutional Convention, fighting for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights, a model for freedom the world over. His name was James Madison, and he was a lawyer. He stood in the rain at Gettysburg, tears in his eyes, gaunt, exhausted, and rededicated our country to equality, saving the Union.