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Quotes by Lawyer
"CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court."
61
"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."
61
"I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue like this. But I can't say that's the norm."
Will,
61
"I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well."
61
"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion."
May,
61
"The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference."
61
"I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams."
61
"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity."
61
"I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so."
61
"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."
61
"You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that."
Talk,
61
"I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed."
Job,
61
"It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous."
60
"I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought."
60
"Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly."
60
"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones."
60
"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."
60
"Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan."
60
"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."
60
"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom."
59
"It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay."
59
"The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign."
59
"There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court."
59
"All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth."
59
"It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
59
"This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations."
59
"I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it."
59
"The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns."
59
"Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession."
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