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.
Gerry SpenceIt is an anomaly that we can split the atom, but we are nearly powerless to persuade each other to embrace justice.
Gerry SpenceThe 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.
Gerry SpenceThe people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.
Gerry SpenceChildren, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud.
Gerry Spence