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“America’s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living rooms and dining rooms and across kitchen tables – by parents and families.”

Author:H. L. Mencken

“It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.”

Important Loses Temper Courtroom

Author:Warren Christopher

“Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom”

Justice Goes On Courtroom

Author:Clarence Darrow

“If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury at that, because the numbers do not lie.”

Ifs Lying Numbers Honest Trials Jury Meter Rowing Courtroom

Author:Barry S. Strauss

“The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases.”

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Author:Lance Ito

“The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as friends over a drink or dinner. This habit is often interpreted by the layman as a mark of their ultimate corruption. In my opinion, it is their greatest moral achievement: It is a characteristic of humane tolerance that is most desperately needed at the present time.”

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Author:John Silber

“This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.”

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Author:Star Jones

“Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.”

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Author:Johnnie Cochran

“Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot and corruption of capitalist exploitation. Churches the illusion of sacred sanctuary of purposes of pacifying social discontent. Courtrooms of course designed to promote the illusion of solemn justice. If there was true justice why would such trappings be necessary? Wouldn't a table and chairs and an ordinary room serve just as well?”

“Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.”

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Book:I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr

Source: I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr

“[Alan] Dershowitz has also offered to defend Osama bin Laden in court, saying it would be an act of high patriotism. It's kind of too bad there isn't going to be a trial. Having Dershowitz defend him could be Osama's only shot at not being the least popular person in the courtroom.”

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Book:If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans

Source: If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans

“At best-which is to say, even where our knowledge of a case comes to us only through courtroom evidence-it is difficult for the legal process to keep us at a sanitizing distance from crimes of passion.”

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Book:Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor

Source: Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor

“I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance.”

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Author:Jon Ronson

“And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.”

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Author:Scott Bakula

“We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.”

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Book:Trial court advocacy: a checklist of comments

Source: Trial court advocacy: a checklist of comments

“Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.”

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Author:Larry Flynt

“I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.”

Wells Decades Violent Courtroom Felony Prosecuting

Author:Nancy Grace

“I love being in a courtroom.”

Love Is Courtroom

Author:Kamala Harris

“If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.”

Ifs Cameras Courtroom

Author:Lance Ito

“I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.”

Drama Courtroom

Author:Bruce Forsyth

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