A "Lincoln the Lawyer" Story

[RJNorton]

Good one, Gene!

One of my favorite Lincoln quotes, although I think it is probably apocryphal, comes from the courtroom. Lincoln was upset with how "wordy" his opponent was. Lincoln stood up and complained to the judge:

"He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met."

(Actually I have seen the quote attributed to settings other than the courtroom including using Lincoln's alleged use of it against a political opponent.)