177 quotes found
Attorney and author · American
American attorney and author
“Well, banks are the biggest mafia, you know, except for the government of course.”
“The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, intact for over 200 years, guaranteed that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreaso...”
“The Bill of Rights wasnt enacted to give us any rights. It was enacted so the Government could not take away from us any rights that we already had.”
“Most people, faced with two difficult choices, prefer not to choose at all.”
“Dont you know that everything you do in life has consequences?”
“Some of the most likeable people on the outside are capable of truly heinous things.”
“Emotions are reserved for juries and, in that case, a good lawyer can really lay them on when the time is right, better than the best Academy Award winning actor”
“The Samurai lived by a code of honor, not unlike the code that you live by. Its called the Bushido. It was never written down; was always something the Samurai knew, and it was handed down from one...”
“Everything in life has a yin and yang an interconnected, complementary and opposite force. Just as we need the light to distinguish it from the dark, we recognize injustice in the world demands ju...”
“Ill take whats behind door number three did not work too well in the modern justice system, which was all system and no justice.”
“Fair has nothing to do with it. This is the law it has nothing to do with justice.”
“He knew that justice was rarely dispensed within the four walls of the courtroom.”
“Fair is irrelevant. This is the law it has nothing to do with justice.”
“The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusi...”
“He was right, and the pursuit of justice was also a game, where one man or woman employed by the Government, or sometimes twelve men and women, decided the fate of another. Whether or not that deci...”
“The law works in mysterious ways”
“Its the law, Jack. When the government breaks the law, they have to toe the line.”
“Sometimes, how a person answers a question is more important than what they actually say.”
“The jury system was somewhat of an anomaly, like everything else in the law.”
“It was ridiculous to think that twelve people could turn off all their biases and prejudices and make a logical decision based on the evidence they were allowed to hear in the trial.”