Gerry Spence Quotes

We are defined by how we use our power.

The old saw that "sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never harm me" does not, in fact, hold true.

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.

Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves.

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Words that do not create images should be discarded.

I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.

Everyone wants to argue. Everyone does. Everyone needs to.

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

It is an anomaly that we can split the atom, but we are nearly powerless to persuade each other to embrace justice.

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

Credibility is what it is ALL about ...

The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.

The stain of prejudice is often indelible.

Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the slave's own power.

The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument.

When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is disguised.

We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.

How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument.

Money in doses disproportionate to our needs enslaves.

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

As we drive down the freeways, we see the new cars, but not the massive new-car loans that enslave their drivers to the banks.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.

I love my life and I am so blessed.

Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.

I know love is worth the time it takes to find. Think of that when all the world seems made of walk up rooms and hands in empty pockets

The operational word in every competent defense is attack. If you're explaining and defending, you're losing.

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.

Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

To excel in the art of domestic argument, one must master the art of losing.

Without argument the species would parish.

Arguments do not erase prejudice any more than arguments erase scars, whether psychological or physical.