Without argument the species would parish. Gerry Spence More Quotes by Gerry Spence More Quotes From Gerry Spence We must begin to train lawyers the minute they walk into law school to tell the truth. They must immediately begin to learn the business of representing people. They must be assigned cases the first day. Gerry Spence lawpeopleschool I dream of a time when the people will retake their airways and use them to achieve a voice to rediscover democracy, and to see the divine potential of man. Gerry Spence voicedreammen To freely bloom that is my definition of success. The question then is, How does arguing with our children advance our goal that our children freely bloom. Gerry Spence goaldoechildren Arguments do not erase prejudice any more than arguments erase scars, whether psychological or physical. Gerry Spence scarargumentprejudice Our prejudices - we all have them - are part of our personality structure. The problem is that our prejudices may lie lurking at the bottom of the subterranean mind where the slowly ooze up and color our thinking without our knowing it. Gerry Spence colorlyingthinking Words that do not create images should be discarded. Gerry Spence discardedshould Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape. Gerry Spence locksprejudicemind The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King that has become so powerful it can murder its own citizens with impunity. Gerry Spence drugpowerfulkings Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the slave's own power. Gerry Spence slaveryperfectmind Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong. Gerry Spence longamericaideas We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves. Gerry Spence argumentsourcesuccessful We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors. Gerry Spence communicateneighborrace We are defined by how we use our power. Gerry Spence defineduse Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument. Gerry Spence communicationpartysuccessful No artist's masterpiece can match a mother's creation of a successful child, one who has been freed to explore and to grow. ... Success is measured not only by who we are, but by what gifts we give. As the old chief said, "The gift is not complete until it is given again." Ah, the mother whose gift to the world is a person ! Gerry Spence successfulmotherchildren Teach the child to respect that which is not respectable and you teach the child the first requirement of slavery: submission to unjust authority. Children are persons. They are small persons whose perfect souls have not yet been ground through the meat grinder of slavery. Gerry Spence soulperfectchildren The stain of prejudice is often indelible. Gerry Spence indeliblestainsprejudice When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win. Gerry Spence prejudicewinningjustice The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning. Gerry Spence incomparablegivenself The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy. Gerry Spence enjoymay
