Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

The law is agnostic about truth.

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

Question authority; but, raise your hand first.

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense attorney, you care deeply about intermediate truth, but you tend to neglect ultimate truth.