A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.

I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.