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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."
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"The laws of men are not infallible."
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"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
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"The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."
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"Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation, manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people."
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"When you kill a man, You steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, Rob his children of a father."
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"What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death."
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"This extraordinary tale of madness, leading up to Stephen being sectioned off to the lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, also reveals Stephen's eventual fight to win his freedom from the asylum, which saw his legal team mount a successful challenge against the 'criminally insane' label that was keeping him in Broadmoor. Moyle's legal team successfully argued that he was either a criminal or insane, he could not be both."
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"The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion."
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"Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry."
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"We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis."
Crisis

"I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation."
Life

"The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change."
Change

"Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man."
Money

"In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too."
Family

"I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age."
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"On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it."
Law

"Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day."
People

"Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases."
Will

"If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense."
Defence
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