“The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men’s […]
Category Archive: Quotes
“I have said I have no quarrel with the intellect. These words were born of it. I simply […]
“You can’t get nowhere with a thousand-dollar saddle on a ten-dollar horse.” –Gerry Spence
We have learned the lesson of history, ancient and modern, that a system of criminal law enforcement which […]
“To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, […]
“A polygraph is nothing more than a psychological billy club used to coerce and intimidate people.” –Doug Williams
“It doesn’t matter whether you are a liberal or conservative. I do not even care whether you are […]
“He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” -Abraham Lincoln
“For the trial lawyer the unpopular cause is often a post of honor. Like other lawyers who try […]
“Good writing is like music. It has its distinctive rhythm, its pace, flow, cadence. It can be hummed. […]
“The law, in all vicissitudes of government, fluctuations of the passions, or flights of enthusiasm, will preserve a […]
“We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” -Justice […]
“A judge is a lawyer who knows the Governor.”
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than […]
“I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!”
WILLIAM ROPER: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! SIR THOMAS MORE: Yes! What would you […]
“I don’t need time, I need a deadline.” -Duke Ellington
