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"I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute."
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"Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw."
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"There ought to be a law against necessity."
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"I was the law and order."
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"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."
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"The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away."
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"The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter."
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"The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due."
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"I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service."
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"The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order. The robber, on the other hand, is intent, not on honest toil, but on the forcible appropriation of the fruits of others' labor."
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"Kingdom laws are inherent to the native of mankind."
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"I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block."
Writing
"I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years."
Time
"Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together."
Time
"Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs."
Needs
"The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer."
Work
"I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute."
Law
"I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years."
Identity
"It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had."
Politics
"I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are."
Duty
"Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it."
Writing
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