How could you have a war on terrorism when war is terrorism?

Walking’s a great way to create. The ideas seem to fall from the sky sometimes, and the fresh air is great too.

We are all alone in this world; even in a crowd.

Unfortunately, violence has a way of overpowering even the strongest of wills

When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!

Human nature being what it was, the only time you could really be sure you weren’t being lied to was when you were talking to yourself.

How one tragedy affects so many others.

The jury system was somewhat of an anomaly, like everything else in the law.

Mr. Rogan, I am magician, not God.

During a trial, boy, you think, eat, sleep and crap only the trial.

The Bill of Rights wasn’t enacted to give us any rights. It was enacted so the Government could not take away from us any rights that we already had.

Even though the Judge would charge the jury that they should listen to all the evidence before they made up their minds, the chances were likely that 100% of them will have already decided if...

turn off’ all their biases and prejudices and make a logical decision based on the evidence they were allowed to hear in the trial.

On a basic level, he had seen first-hand how his government used the element of fear to accomplish its objectives; the same element of fear that had been used as an excuse to engage its...

Your Honor, if giving the finger is a motive for murder, then most everyone in this courtroom would be on trial

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...

Seth discovered that night that he had two extra stomachs; one for vodka and one for overeating.

The rules of war for federal court were contained in the 86 rules of federal civil procedure, the rules of the local federal court, and the courtroom rules of the particular federal judge.

We are at war. War is not on battlefield. It is in boardrooms of companies that control your United States of America.

Trials for lawyers are like bills. It seems that you finish paying one, and feel that feeling of relief, then it’s time to pay it again.

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...

We forget that we humans are animals, inextricably connected to the world and everything in it. In the rush to bring GMO food to the world because it was good for us, nobody had asked...

Nothing is easy,” and, with respect to legal work, that was absolutely true.

He had made his way up the ranks of the department the hard way, with effort and integrity as opposed to politics.

peers” who make decisions with their emotional brains; especially if your client was guilty.

Some of the most likeable people on the outside are capable of truly heinous things.

He didn’t see a man with hopes and dreams, with disappointments and accomplishments. All he saw in front of him was just another nigger.

Society tends to stick labels on everything and everyone. The label that is given to you will stick with you for a lifetime.

The FDA and the EPA are supposed to be protecting us, not the people who make the poison.

The bar was pulsating with rock music and packed with partiers, all set to leave their inhibitions, and their sobriety, behind.

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

You never know with juries. I’d take a judge every time, unless of course I was guilty.

Sometimes one man must fight for what he feels is right, even against the majority. Something that is wrong does not change to right just because the majority approves it, ignores it, or the government...

Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That’s why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It’s easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point...

A Libertarian’s just a Democrat whose vote doesn’t count. Same thing.

Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option.

Genetic engineering was messy. To force a sequence of foreign DNA into a plant, you couldn’t just snip the desired gene from the bacteria and sew it on to the plant’s DNA sequence like an...

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 unreasonable searches and seizures,...

Investigation was like a series of job interviews. Getting the door slammed in your face at every attempt wasn’t the exciting life of the detective portrayed on film or television.

Home was wherever they were together, and it felt good.

Whattaya mean you ain’t no criminal lawyer? You a lawyer right? And you in here, that means you also a criminal.

But, in making the sacrifices that the Government asks us to make, we are not protecting our freedom. We are giving away our freedom in exchange for a false sense of security.

He felt teenage rejection overcoming him like a childhood virus that lies dormant, then attacks the unsuspecting adult. It would never be something he would get used to.

Home is the nicest place there is.

You have to remember, William. It may make the difference between freedom and half a lifetime in prison.

Their lips met with a tender and powerful force. At that point, they melted into each other and Seth felt a flush of sensations over his entire being. Hands wandered naturally, and each caress became...

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” Brent knew that there was nothing right about this place and the way the prisoners were...

Unfortunately, it doesn’t ever really matter what the truth is. Only what they think it is.