My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work.

I'm particularly committed to the political people who needed defense. I understand that they're fighting a bigger war than just, "Let me go get some money for cocaine tonight."

The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client, they're going to defend people.

I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops but as private citizens.

The only thing we have is each other.

If you make a mistake as a prosecutor, your mistakes go home, whereas if you make a mistake defending, they go to jail.

Your goal is to make a better world through the work you do. It's not always possible, and you have to earn a living.

You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling.

I took anything that came across my doorstep. I started getting a reputation.

I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.

We don't live as God intended us to, but we live as the Devil wants us to.

In the high tide or low tide, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend!

be at your best when things are at their worst.

There's nothing wrong with the fire.. if you don't get too close. - Patch

all my life i have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper just running down the edges of different countries and continents, looking for something.

I will help women, because we have the women's health problems. We have a lot of problems.

When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.

I shall go wherever I am asked to participate for freedom.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.