The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead money can furnish a meaningful life to sold-out souls is the supreme lie offered by the system of free enterprise.

Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

Lawyers should be chosen because they can demonstrate a history rich in human traits, the ability to care, the courage to fight, the will to win, a concern for the human condition, a passion for justice and simple uncompromising honesty. These are the traits of the lawyer.

When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in slavery.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.