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Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers -- and most others in the profession -- will necessarily be imperfect, especially in the eyes of young idealists. There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.

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There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to compromise their liberal values, their support for Israel or their Jewish pride.

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If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did during the McCarthy period -- we weaken our commitment to the rule of law... So beware of an approach which limits advocacy to that which is approved by the standards of political correctness.

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It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

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I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

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Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

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I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.

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We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

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The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

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Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally.

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Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

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Any human being has private thoughts.

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There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.

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This is not about celebrity justice, this is about the rights of the children.

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There are many levels of truth.

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Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

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Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so.

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A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.

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The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.

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I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

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