Quotes by F. Lee Bailey - Page 1

The memory of the American public is about six weeks.
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Memories
Six
Week
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My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have.
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People
Retiring
Should Have
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I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'
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States
United
United States
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
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Ground Rules
Law
Use
Rules
Frustrate
Ground
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When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.
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Smart
Strong
Trying
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Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.
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Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots.
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Embarrassing
Lawyer
Unhappy
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Florida
Somewhere Else
South Florida
Winning
Offered
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A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.
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Cases
Controversy
Criminals
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I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.
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Perjury
Significant
Trials
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I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
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Men
Criminal Law
Criminals
Good Place
Law
Young
Young Man
Away
Stay
Criminal
Unfortunately
Recommend
Strongly
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In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.
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Mean
Rap
Winning
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The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.
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Quality
Giants
Print Media
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Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
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Government
Bill Of Rights
Congress
Rights
Usa
Bill
Committee
Seriously
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The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.
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Ego
People
Strong
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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America
People
Redneck
Among
People America More
Blamed
Damaging
Terribly
Realize
Seem
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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Cities
Toys
Major
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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Conservative
Justice
Opinion
Predictable
Counted
Thomas
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The people I have no feeling for are professional killers. But I count that man no worse than a governor who won't commute a death sentence because it's unpolitical.
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Men
Feelings
People
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I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.
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Cases
Kind
Shooting
Suits
Frankly
Litigation
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The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.
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Average
Guy
Thinking
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Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.
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Clever
Mother
Thinking
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I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.
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Men
Law
Numbers
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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People
Thinking
Your Side
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