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My only master, my only mistress are the facts and the evidence. So if I reach a conclusion, it's only because the evidence took me there.

Vincent Bugliosi

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Vincent Bugliosi
Age: 80 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 18
Died: 2015
Died: June 6
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Minnesota
Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr.
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All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation that just as a wise man can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.
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The Bible puts forth a strong case for no free will and that's a real problem you know, because the justification for supposedly being punished after death is that you had free will. If you didn't have free will and you did what God predetermined, then how can he punish you?
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In the [John F.] Kennedy case, I believe the absence of a conspiracy can be proved to a virtual certainty.
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You don't know what I'm going to say until I say it and that's because I'm only looking at the facts and the evidence.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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Incidentally, Boies, I'm sure, is a very fine lawyer.
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And I believe the truth is mighty, and shines by its own light.
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I may have implied on several occasions to several different people that I may have been Jesus Christ, but I haven't decided yet what I am or who I am.
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When you look at the basis for the immortality of the soul, you have these foundationless speculations and really, no intelligent reason for believing that there's life after death.
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A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices.
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I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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George Bush is guilty of murder for the deaths of over 4000 young American soldiers who have died in the Iraqi war.
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I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.
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To form a strong opinion, you have to be knowledgeable about the subject. You have to have access to all the relevant information. You gotta be literally an expert.
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The Bible, contrary to what people think, actually puts forth a strong case for no free will, no free will.
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I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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The media assume that if your life or liberty is on the line and you have a lot of money, you automatically get the best.
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The Florida Supreme Court wanted all the legal votes to be counted. The United States Supreme Court, on the other hand, did not want all the votes to be counted.
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These people have elevated audacity to symphonic and operatic levels. The Florida Supreme Court relied on new law to resolve the election dispute down there.
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