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If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Advice
Fit
Justice
Memorable
Must
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If it does not fit, you must acquit.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Acquittal
Doe
Fit
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We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis
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Crisis
Judged
Times Of Crisis
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I want to describe myself, not be described by others.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Describe Myself
Want
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We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.
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Crisis
Judged
How
Times
Got
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If it doesn't make sense, you must find for the defense.
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Defense
Prison
Should
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If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
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Defense
Find
Sense
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I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Age
Legal
Decided
Firefighter
Lawyer
Wanted
Years
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Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Compassion
Courtroom
Nice
Want
Be Nice
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Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.
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Black
Jury
People
Convict
Juries
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Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
New York
Criminals
Trying
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An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Delicate
Delicate Things
Guides
Maps
Opening
Guide
Map
Road Map
Statement
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Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
New York
Will New More
Case
Criminal
New Will More
Puffy
York
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I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Believer
Facts
Life Is
Preparation
Big Believer
Fact
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Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Men
Accused
Courtroom
Determine
Free Man
Prison
Walks
Free
Goes
Whether
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On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
January
Law
Next
Years
Minute
Practiced
Sworn
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I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we did; life has changed.
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Terror
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I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.
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Southern
Southern Accent
Talking
White
Accent
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The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Change
Children
Court
Court Judges
Change Your Will
Appointed
Judges
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If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a $200 fine, what kind of message does that send about lying in our courts?
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Caught
Commit
Fine
Firsts
Lying
Messages
Perjury
Case
Courts
Entire
Entire World
Send
So-Called
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In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.
Johnnie Cochran / Lawyer
Immigrants
Sitting
Views
Slaves
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