The erosion of a nation’s concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.
Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.
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.
Credibility is what it is ALL about...
Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.
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.
The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument.
The 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.
To freely bloom – that is my definition of success.
Words that do not create images should be discarded.
To freely bloom that is my definition of success. The question then is, How does arguing with our children advance our goal that our children freely bloom.
How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?
The way people move is their autobiography in motion.
The less of one’s life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.
Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves.
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.
We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.
I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all gifts, life, with the rope of religion around our necks? It chokes out freedom with dogma. It pinions us to the stake of superstition.
I dream of a time when the people will retake their airways and use them to achieve a voice to rediscover democracy, and to see the divine potential of man.