Quotes from Ramsey Clark

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain: you cannot have either until you have both.

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.

How dare Americans allow their government to cause such misery [in the world].

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.

Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to.

This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress.