F. Lee Bailey famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Rights #Political #Liberty
In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Rap #Mean #Winning
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.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Thinking #Average #Guy
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Men #Law #Criminals
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Winning #Florida #Cases
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.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Redneck #America #People
I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'
-- F. Lee Bailey

#United States #States #United
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.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Suits #Shooting #Kind
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

#Justice #Conservative #Opinion
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.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Thinking #Your Side #People
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.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Men #Law #Numbers
I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Law #Use #Ground Rules
The memory of the American public is about six weeks.
-- F. Lee Bailey

#Memories #Six #Week

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