Sublime

Final arguments should be stories, not strategies.

Everyone, every breathing person can make the winning argument.

When we witness an injustice, we have a duty to argue. We know how.

Tell the Other what you want. If you are arguing before a jury for money, ask for money.

In my argument to the jury in the Randy Weaver case, I used a similar strategy. I told the jury straight out what I wanted. I said, "At the end of this case I want us to walk out of this courtroom together—all of us." I pointed to my client. "I want you to free Randy Weaver. I want Randy Weaver's children who sit over there"—I p

And the attack must always be fair. Fairness is the tiny voice that thunders from behind every argument.

The chairman had introduced me simply by saying, "Here, in the flesh, is a living, breathing enemy of free speech, one who, by contagious hyperbole, was able to talk a jury into foregoing our sacred rights to free speech and to thereafter award his client twenty-five million dollars in damages for her alleged hurt feelings. That's justice, rig

Understanding Power THE PISTOL THAT FIRES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

Learning when to argue is as important to winning as learning how to argue.