Robert Shapiro Quotes

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• We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology…
• Earth has provided a stable platform for the evolution of life over 4 billion years. But that lease is limited; we know for sure that…
• Our tradition in this country has not been to deny health information to interested individuals when they claim that they can handle it and are…
• During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high…
• The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to…
• I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the…
• I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition;…
• Not only did we play the race card, we dealt it from the bottom of the deck.
• To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.
• I believe there are certainly racial problems in this country, and I believe that peaceful solutions can help bring the races together.
• F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom…
• I have no better way of judging guilt or innocence than anyone else.
• Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to…
• Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.
• In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given…

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