Edward Bennett Williams Quotes & Sayings

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. — Edward Bennett Williams

I will defend anyone as long as the client gives me total control of the case and pays up front. — Edward Bennett Williams

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss. — Edward Bennett Williams

These newspaper reporters ... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times ... have got a license to lie. — Edward Bennett Williams

What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president? — Edward Bennett Williams

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the rights that the people carved out for themselves when they created the government. — Edward Bennett Williams

You understand, of course, that I can only get you access. — Edward Bennett Williams