18 Quotes by Sam Sheppard


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    Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful.

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    I think it's a day for American history because if we don't deal with the mistakes of the past we can't make this country a better place.

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    The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.

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    Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.

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    Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

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    I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.

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    The difficulty after his release was with society and was with the desperation that he felt he needed to try to make up for lost time.

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