Gerry Spence

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

“I would rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.”

“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”

“We can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change and growth have everything to do with transformation. And transformation can be messy.”

“Truth is a powerful weapon. It is the only weapon that can defeat a lie.”

“The story is the heart of the trial.”

“Fear is the enemy. It is the enemy of us all.”

“The preparation of a case is the most important part of winning.”

“Credibility is the currency of the courtroom.”

“You can't get justice in the dark. You can't get justice in the back room. You have to get it in the open.”

“The power of the people is the only power we have.”

“The voir dire is the single most important part of the trial.”

“Argument is the affirmation of our being.”

“I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.”

“If we don't have the story, we have nothing.”

“The purpose of the law is to protect the weak from the strong.”

“The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.”

“You are the magic.”