What would Lincoln say?
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."
David Giacalone (a.k.a ethicalEsq.?) posted the above quote in his short history of Abraham Lincoln's law practice. Among the additional benefits of settlement are that the weaker party (whose success in a lawsuit may have as much to do with resources and the state of the law as justice) has the chance to emerge from the suit with a tangible and certain benefit, and the knowledge that the stronger party recognized some validity to his claim.
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