Edward Bates Professions : Lawyer Born : September 4, 1793 Died : March 25, 1869 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Edward Bates I long for the days of good honest crooks. Edward Bates crooks honest long Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true respectability of character Edward Bates passion strong ambition Similar Authors Bruce Fein lawyer Bram Fischer lawyer Bowie Kuhn lawyer Apolinario Mabini lawyer Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman lawyer Asma Jahangir lawyer All Authors