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Gerry Spence is an American lawyer renowned for his defense skills in criminal trials. Born on January 8, 1929, he is a widely influential figure in the legal community.

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Famous Gerry Spence Quotes

“Teach the child to respect that which is not respectable and you teach the child the first requirement of slavery: submission to unjust authority. Children are persons. They are small persons whose perfect souls have not yet been ground through the meat grinder of slavery.”

Firsts Children Persons Soul Perfect Teach Authority Slavery Meat Requirements Unjust Submission Respectable Grinder Small Person

Book:Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

Source: Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

“In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.”

People Firsts Has Beens Nations Rights Institutions Jury

Book:Trial by fire: the true story of a woman's ordeal at the hands of the law

Source: Trial by fire: the true story of a woman's ordeal at the hands of the law

“We must begin to train lawyers the minute they walk into law school to tell the truth. They must immediately begin to learn the business of representing people. They must be assigned cases the first day.”

People Firsts School Law Walks Cases Minutes Train Lawyer Telling The Truth Representing Law School

Author:Gerry Spence

“Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf.”

People Knows Giving Firsts Government Lasts Liberty Masters Weak Notion Lips Edges Servant Sheep Flocks Lip Service

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“The Internet...has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready to serve every facet, every faction.”

People Firsts America Voice Democracy Ready Internet Genuine Experiments Facets Factions

Book:Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

Source: Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

About the Author

Born: January 8, 1929
Known for: Lawyer
Quotes: 82

Books & Sources

Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First CenturyRelated source material

How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Every DayRelated source material

Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for LifeRelated source material

With justice for none: destroying an American mythRelated source material

Trial by fire: the true story of a woman's ordeal at the hands of the lawRelated source material

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