Quotes from F. Lee Bailey


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


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


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.


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


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.


I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'


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


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.