Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence
Gerald Leonard "Gerry" Spenceis a semi-retired American trial lawyer. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. As of 2014, Spence has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He has not lost a civil case since 1969...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth8 January 1929
CityLaramie, WY
CountryUnited States of America
children perfect soul
Teach the child to respect that which is not respectable and you teach the child the first requirement of slavery: submission to unjust authority. Children are persons. They are small persons whose perfect souls have not yet been ground through the meat grinder of slavery.
mother children successful
No artist's masterpiece can match a mother's creation of a successful child, one who has been freed to explore and to grow. ... Success is measured not only by who we are, but by what gifts we give. As the old chief said, "The gift is not complete until it is given again." Ah, the mother whose gift to the world is a person !
children goal definitions
To freely bloom that is my definition of success. The question then is, How does arguing with our children advance our goal that our children freely bloom.
children wings role-models
Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud....
bureau deeply entangled government hopelessly intercept operated
Government is operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.
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A lawyer is in an awful position about that. It's not fair to the accused who is charged with a serious crime if a lawyer says he's not going to take the case because it reflects badly on the accused and that's not fair to him. On the other hand, if a lawyer is deciding to take the case and hasn't made up his mind, it's also difficult for the accused.
kings powerful drug
The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King that has become so powerful it can murder its own citizens with impunity.
rights people firsts
In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.
blessed love-of-my-life i-love-my-life
I love my life and I am so blessed.
mind prejudice locks
Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.
winning justice may
When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win.
prejudice stains indelible
The stain of prejudice is often indelible.
clients bankers wells
Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.
use defined
We are defined by how we use our power.