Quotes from F. Lee Bailey

The people I have no feeling for are professional killers. But I count that man no worse than a governor who won't commute a death sentence because it's unpolitical.

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

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.

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.

A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.

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.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.

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.

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.

My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have.

Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.