29 Quotes by F. Lee Bailey

The memory of the American public is about six weeks.

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.

Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.

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.

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.

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

When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.

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

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.