17 Quotes by Samuel Dash

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.

I’ve always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you’re there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

When you believe in what you’re doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don’t, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.

I’m very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

I’ve always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.