The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid. — Lynne Stewart Fear Copy Share Image
I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops… — Lynne Stewart Acting Copy Share Image
There's a lot of active radical thought today but not much action. — Lynne Stewart Action Copy Share Image
If you make a mistake as a prosecutor, your mistakes go home, whereas if you make a mistake defending, they go to… — Lynne Stewart Failure Copy Share Image
I couldn't add my talent, which is prodigious, to a defense of someone even accused of hurting a child. — Lynne Stewart Accused Copy Share Image
I took anything that came across my doorstep. I started getting a reputation. — Lynne Stewart Doorstep Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time. — Lynne Stewart Doe Copy Share Image
I'm particularly committed to the political people who needed defense. I understand that they're fighting a bigger war than just, "Let me… — Lynne Stewart Bigger Copy Share Image
You know that question: What do you do when you think the client's guilty? The real question is: What you do when… — Lynne Stewart Guilty Copy Share Image
I don't have any problem with Mao or Stalin or the Vietnamese leaders or certainly Fidel locking up people they see as… — Lynne Stewart Dangerous Copy Share Image
I got a job as a children's librarian at PS 175 in Harlem, and that changed everything. That was an epiphany. I… — Lynne Stewart Changed Copy Share Image
Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on… — Lynne Stewart Clients Copy Share Image
Put the strong, masculine figure in a school with tough kids and you have a certain control. It's very demeaning to the… — Lynne Stewart Black Copy Share Image
How could I have been the valedictorian, the smartest, and never known Harlem existed? As a result, I began a lifelong learning… — Lynne Stewart Accepting Copy Share Image
I didn't know Harlem existed. I didn't know there was such a place, because I grew up in white Queens, where five… — Lynne Stewart Harlem Copy Share Image
I feel for young people today. When I came out of law school, yes, we were broke, we had kids, we had… — Lynne Stewart Broke Copy Share Image
Being a lawyer, first of all, think creatively. Think, "How can we deal with this particular case in a way we haven't… — Lynne Stewart God knows Copy Share Image
I think people are afraid. I remember when we'd have discussions in the '60s among people who were active. We'd say, "Well,… — Lynne Stewart Afraid Copy Share Image
We had people who did housing, people who did anti-war, people who did schools. Everyone operated in their own niche, but not… — Lynne Stewart Action Copy Share Image
Today, it's not the same playing field as when I first became a lawyer in 1977, where the government had been restricted… — Lynne Stewart Fighting Copy Share Image
My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work. — Lynne Stewart Authoritarian Copy Share Image
You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling. — Lynne Stewart Calling Copy Share Image
Your goal is to make a better world through the work you do. It's not always possible, and you have to earn… — Lynne Stewart Better world Copy Share Image
There are lawyers who believe in client-centered representation and who are dedicated on the same level I feel I was dedicated. — Lynne Stewart Believe Copy Share Image
I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents. — Lynne Stewart Cases Copy Share Image
The prosecution makes all the important decisions: what's charged, how much is charged, whether you can get a decent offer. Every defendant… — Lynne Stewart Decent Copy Share Image
I spoke in front of a huge gathering in Seattle, and someone got up and said, "I'm just so afraid." I said,… — Lynne Stewart People Copy Share Image
I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents. All of the rest of… — Lynne Stewart Accused Copy Share Image
You make yourself available to the movement. At that point, for example, battered wives were not on the top of anybody's list.… — Lynne Stewart Done Copy Share Image
I loved the work. I missed it for years after I was arrested. I couldn't drive past 100 Centre New York City… — Lynne Stewart Cry Copy Share Image
On a certain level, we don't try enough cases. We should try more cases before juries and let jurors decide. On grand… — Lynne Stewart Creative Copy Share Image
