Collected Meditations
Showing 16 quotesIn 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.— Johnnie Cochran
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.— Johnnie Cochran
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.— Johnnie Cochran
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.— Johnnie Cochran
I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.— Johnnie Cochran
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.— Johnnie Cochran
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.— Johnnie Cochran