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  • The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.

    Strong   People   Ego  
  • I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

    "F. Lee Bailey: Paper proves OJ Simpson's innocence". www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2011.
  • If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

  • The people I have no feeling for are professional killers. But I count that man no worse than a governor who won't commute a death sentence because it's unpolitical.

    Men   People   Feelings  
  • In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

    Rap   Mean   Winning  
  • I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

    Men   Law   Criminals  
    "F. Lee Bailey looks back on his legal career". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2000.
  • I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.

    Shooting   Suits   Kind  
    "F. Lee Bailey looks back on his legal career". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2000.
  • Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.

  • My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have.

  • I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

    Men   Law   Numbers  
    Los Angeles Times, January 09, 1972.
  • The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.

    Thinking   Average   Guy  
    Los Angeles Times, January 09, 1972.
  • A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.

  • The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.

  • Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots.

  • The memory of the American public is about six weeks.

    Memories   Six   Week  
  • Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.

    "F. Lee Bailey looks back on his legal career". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2000.
  • Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.

    Corners  
  • Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

    Government   Usa   Rights  
    "Newsweek" Magazine, April 17, 1967.
  • When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.

    Strong   Smart   Trying  
  • Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.

    New York Times, September 20, 1970.
  • I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

    Law   Use   Ground Rules  
    New York Times, September 20, 1970.
  • I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.

  • Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.

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F. Lee Bailey

  • Born: June 10, 1933
  • Occupation: Attorney