Quotes

“I may not be able to show by any legal precedent that the opinion was wrong, yet having an abiding faith in my own legal judgment that it is wrong...” Justice Logan

“The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.... I am not prepared to say that it is one of her fundamental rights and privileges to be admitted into every office and position, including those which require highly special qualifications and demanding special responsibilities." Justice Bradley on why women are not, should not and cannot be attorneys.

In order to win a murder case you must show that the victim was a bad person who deserved to be killed, and tat you client was just the man for the job. Bobby Lee Cook, the real "Matlock" (he also quoted Shakespeare and said it was from Song of Solomon in the Bible. When called out on it he responded that he never said which version of the Bible he was quoting.)

"If you can prove the victim abused a dog or a horse, you can convince the jury that the guy deserved to be killed." Attorney Percy Foreman

"To the best of my recollection, I do not recollect." Jimmy Hoffa while on the witness stand in 1962.

"I would like to remind the doctor that while his professional ancestors were putting leeches on George Washington to bleed him, my ancestors were writing the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution." Attorney Joseph D. Jamail, Jr. during a debate over tort reform with a physician.

Bart: "You smell that, Ralph? That's the smell of justice."
Ralph: "It smells like hot dogs."

"See ya in court, Simpson. Oh, and bring that evidence with ya; otherwise, I got no case and you'll go scot-free." Chief Wiggum

"A lawyer in practice spends a considerable part of his life doing distasteful things for disagreeable people who must be satisfied against an impossible time limit in which there are hourly interruptions from other disagreeable people who want to derail the train; and for his blood, sweat, and tears, he receives in the end a few unkind words to the effect that it might have been done better, and a protest at the size of the fee." William L. Prossner

"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools." Doris Lessing

"The truth? I thought we were talking about a court of law. Come on, you've been around long enough to know that a courtroom isn't a place to look for the truth." Jerome Facher, A Civil Action

Illigitum non carborundum (roughly translated "Don't let the bastards keep you down")