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Quotes by Lawyer
"Whatever labels may be attached to the fifteen charges brought against me, they all arise from my having been a member of the Communist Party and from my activities as a member."
10
"Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time."
10
"There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship."
9
"I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended."
9
"The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell."
9
"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
Man,
8
"I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world."
8
"Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week."
8
"I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one."
8
"Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself."
8
"CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court."
7
"Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared."
7
"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."
7
"When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference."
7
"Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change."
7
"I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman."
7
"Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law."
7
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
7
"That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward."
7
"Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds."
7
"Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected."
7
"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."
6
"Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid."
6
"What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?"
6
"When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse."
6
"After an extensive investigation, the office produced a report that addressed the many questions that confronted the difficult issues, it laid out new evidence, and it reached a definitive conclusion."
6
"Come here immediately and see if you can find the murderer of the President."
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