A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. |
All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth. |
I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual preference, of sexual orientation. It's wrong to say that women are unequal, if the Bible says so. It's wrong to say that Blacks are unequal even if the Hammite myth supports it or suggests it. The Bible is often wrong. It is often right. Of course, it is often brilliantly right. |
I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion. |
I would bet you there weren't more than 20 or 30 people who read it. |
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. |
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. |
Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life. |
Organized religion is always having to say you're sorry for misunderstanding God's will in the past. That has been the history of organized religion. |
The best answer to bad speech is good speech |
The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's "Nightline." |
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. |
The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law. |
The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law. |
The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions. |