Collegiality Quotes



Adams, a great patriot, was a terrible diplomat. He and Franklin were both members of the American mission to France, but Adams detested the French and they sensed that and returned the favor. When the French Foreign Minister was thinking of having Adams recalled, Franklin tried to explain the nature of their relationship. In actuality, it was barely civil, and a 3rd member of the mission, Lee, positively detested Franklin who was one of the best known celebrities in France. No one knew who Lee and Adams were, neither was as eloquent as Franklin and neither had the confidence of the French King and his ministers that Franklin did.


This was the most eloquent acknowledgement of the import and difficult job of the Federal Disctrict Judges--the backbone of the Federal Judiciary who are oftetn over looked in favor of the appellate judges and Supreme Court judges who deal with cases as a group and always have the privelege of reviewing and second guessing the work of the district judges who first had to decide the issue on way or the other.