“If you save one life, it as if you had saved the entire world. The wisdom of that saying is, of course, its recognition of the generative potential inherent in each man and woman. When you save a single life, you protect for all humanity all that person will accomplish and all that his or […]
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“I don’t care where I am or what job I’m in. You didn’t buy my soul. To get into these positions and then let the position, or your title, prevent you from being who you really are, is something I have never done. I’m very produced of that.”-Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“I began to recognize that stress is a crucible in which everything extraneous is melted away and true character, like some precious ore, is revealed.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“Silence doesn’t frighten me. A believer knows that silence is not an absence, but a presence- a cloud out of which, since time immemorial, God has spoken to those who will listen.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“Mere eloquence without conviction is hollow; conviction that does not find a voice is too often impotent.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“Acceptance, in general, is an important concept and one that I strongly believe in. I have always accepted people for who they were. I have never let differences between us interfere with that.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“I came to understand that my craving for professional success could not be satisfied at the expense of my conscience and on terms other than my own.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“I remember [my father] telling my sisters and me that good and evil can never, ever live peacefully together. The apparent success of evil depends on the refusal of the forces of good to engage in battle to overcome evil with good.” -Johnnie Cochran Tweet
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“The policeman on the street is the most powerful person in the criminal justice system. If he is in the grip of some grim private impulse or carries with him some bigoted private agenda, he can- all on his own- take your life, beat you and choose to lie about your guilt or innocence. If […]
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“You can’t quit or stop or back up or blink. You have to move forward. You have to press the limits. You have to trust your gut. You have to pursue the possibility of success through failure after failure, if necessary. You’ve just got to believe. And you got to accept that being right will […]
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