Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Bennett Williams

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American lawyer Edward Bennett Williams.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Edward Bennett Williams was an American lawyer who became a high-profile defense lawyer and co-founded the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Williams also owned several professional sports teams, including the Baltimore Orioles. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and studied law at Georgetown University.

American - Lawyer | May 31, 1920 - August 13, 1988

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These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie.

Edward Bennett Williams

What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?

Edward Bennett Williams

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster.

Edward Bennett Williams

I will defend anyone as long as the client gives me total control of the case and pays up front.

Edward Bennett Williams

You understand, of course, that I can only get you access.

Edward Bennett Williams

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.

Edward Bennett Williams

I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.

Edward Bennett Williams

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the rights that the people carved out for themselves when they created the government.

Edward Bennett Williams

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Bennett Williams

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