Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence
Gerald Leonard "Gerry" Spenceis a semi-retired American trial lawyer. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. As of 2014, Spence has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He has not lost a civil case since 1969...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth8 January 1929
CityLaramie, WY
CountryUnited States of America
erosion rights individual
The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.
pain men liberty
Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
tyrants america people
. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left to clutch only mirage-like images of freedom, its fables and fictions. The new slaves are linked together by vast electronic chains of television that imprison not their bodies but their minds. Their desires are programmed, their tastes manipulated, their values set for them.
honesty passion fighting
Lawyers should be chosen because they can demonstrate a history rich in human traits, the ability to care, the courage to fight, the will to win, a concern for the human condition, a passion for justice and simple uncompromising honesty. These are the traits of the lawyer.
feelings argument credibility
Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.
rats three lawyer
Why are scientists now using lawyers in laboratory experiments instead of rats? Three reasons: (1) lawyers are more plentiful than rats, (2) there is no danger the scientists will become attached to the lawyers, and (3) there are some things rats just won't do.
government sheep giving
Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf.
world opponents surrender
Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.
government people together
The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.
ideas america long
Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.
dance moving people
The way people move is their autobiography in motion.
race neighbor communicate
We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.
father doors next
Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.
government goal slavery
When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in slavery.