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Quotes by Lawyer
"The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common sink of slavery."
223
"Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness."
184
"I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions."
175
"I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence."
168
"The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that."
166
"My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition."
148
"Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion."
124
"Manuel Rosales is being unjustly persecuted. He won't return to Venezuela under these circumstances, because Peru will never expel him."
100
"The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back."
88
"If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it."
86
"The art of communication is the language of leadership."
84
"Lying under oath, and encouraging lies under oath, does go to the very heart and soul of what courts do. If we say we don't care, let's forget about courts, and we'll just have other ways of figuring out how to handle disputes."
75
"I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me."
72
"The problem was with Bill Clinton, the scandals and rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out."
71
"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows."
69
"A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts."
67
"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you."
66
"When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference."
65
"I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one."
65
"I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information."
64
"Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science."
64
"We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination."
63
"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
Man,
62
"There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship."
62
"The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects."
62
"Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself."
62
"Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny."
61
"Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race."
61
"Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne."
61
"The more liberty you give away the more you will have."
61
"One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves."
61
"The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines."
60
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