Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.

Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale.
Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses newly wash'd with dew.
Say she be mute and will not speak a word;
Then I'll commend her volubility,
and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.

There's a very fine line between what is considered legal and ethical and legitimate, and [what constitutes] bribery.

I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.