Edward Bennett Williams

“In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.”

“Evasion is not a substitute for candor.”

“The only client I ever had who was innocent was the one who was convicted.”

“Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.”

“There he is, the man who has been tried and convicted in the press.”

“Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of imperial Athens are gone. Aeschylus and Plato are here with us now; the troubles of the ancient country are long since buried in oblivion.”

“A trial is a controlled explosion.”

“There is no limit to what you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”

“You can learn more from a loss than you can from a win. You learn a lot from both, but you learn a lot more from a loss.”

“The role of the defense lawyer is to represent the client zealously, within the bounds of the law.”