Quotes by Gerry Spence

About Gerry Spence:

Gerald Leonard "Gerry" Spence is a semi-retired American trial lawyer. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. As of 2014[update], Spence has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He has not lost a civil case since 1969.
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Children, 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 c...

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The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, “Are we free?” I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot h...

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There are innumerable ways to murder a person, but the most subtle and pernicious of these is to mutilate the soul of the innocent by denying or downgrading their uniqueness and their beauty.

Gerry Spence

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

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If logic and reason, the hard, cold products of the mind, can be relied upon to deliver justice or produce the truth, how is it that these brain-heavy judges rarely agree? Five-to-four decisions are the rule, not the exception. Nearly half of the cou...

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The most formidable chains are forged from beliefs. Ah, beliefs! Beliefs tear out the eyes and leave us blind and groping in the dark. If I believe in one proposition, I have become locked behind the door of that belief, and all other doors to learni...

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Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.

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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.

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What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

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Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.

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Government is operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.

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Author Bio

  • NameGerry Spence
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer
  • BornJanuary 8, 1929
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer