For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell.

The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions.

African-Americans are as fair as any other group, but they bring their life experiences to bear as just as whites bring their experiences to bear.

I charge my wealthy clients a lot and put 10 per cent in a fund which I use to pay the expenses of my poorer clients. When the government gangs up on the poor schnook in the street, someone has to stand up for him.

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.