Lynne Stewart Quotes

Now if he said to me, `I want you (to) tell them the blood shall flow and you must attack them,` I would not have delivered that message,

It certainly is a great relief, ... It`s also wonderful to know that the case maybe has opened a way for the use of this (1996) law to be circumscribed, curtailed a little bit.

I`m very shook up, and surprised, and disappointed that the jury didn`t see what we saw,

It`s so hard to fight against ghosts, when they say there`s evidence and it`s not there.

The bright line says the lawyer doesn`t become part of the criminal enterprise, whatever that enterprise may be,

The cherished freedoms that we really need to defend, among them being the right to counsel, the right to having a lawyer that you consult with in absolute privacy -- that`s been breached in this case,

I`ve been doing this work for 30 years, and I am well aware of the bright line and I have never stepped over it, and I certainly didn`t do it in this case either.

It`s one of the real sacred precincts of the law -- that your client should be absolutely free to tell you whatever he needs to tell to you, and you should be free to give whatever advice you need to give.

I`m a lawyer. I fight for my clients. that`s what my job is, ... I`m going to continue to be a lawyer, hopefully, until they carry me out. But I sincerely hope it isn`t the government that does the carrying.

It`s hard to be zealous when you are looking over your shoulder and thinking, `Could the government indict me for this?`