Johnnie Cochran Quotes

• We’ve got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

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• The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children’s lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

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• Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

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• On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I’ve loved every minute of it.

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• Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

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• In this room we’re all here together, but there’s probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don’t own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.

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• If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.

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• If it doen’t make sense, you should find for the defense.

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• I’m a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

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• I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can’t just walk around free like we did; life has changed.

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• Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

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• I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

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Birth:	2nd October, 1937
Death:	29th March, 2005
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer

About

Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an American lawyer best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman. He earned a BA degree in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1959. He earned a JD degree from the Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University in 1962. After passing the bar in 1963, he took a job in Los Angeles as a deputy city attorney in the criminal division. He wrote several books include: Journey to Justice and A lawyer's life.

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