Harold H. Greene

“The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.”

“Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!”

“I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.”

“The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'”

“The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.”

“Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.”

“The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.”

“I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!”