Argument Quote by Gerry Spence

“We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.”

Gerry Spence

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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…

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Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the…

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When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of…

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Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own…

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The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an…

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Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived…

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Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves.

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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…

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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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A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which,…

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Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of him and…

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Our prejudices - we all have them - are part of our personality structure. The problem is that our prejudices may lie lurking at…

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