Edward Bennett Williams

“What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?”

“They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster.”

“In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.”

“These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie.”

“I will defend anyone as long as the client gives me total control of the case and pays up front.”

“You understand, of course, that I can only get you access.”