Quotes by Michael Ramsey

“Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.”

“With the complexity of litigation growing more and more dense, if you will, we are seeing, and we will continue to see, executives who think they are doing the right thing because they consulted with counsel,”

“Both sides have to have access to witnesses in order to try a case.”

“Hes ecstatic and feels like hes finally been vindicated.”

“As a matter of constitutional interpretation, I think the Constitution is pretty clear that property is to be taken for public use and not private use,”

“Theyre not likely to revisit this soon. Particularly since the outgoing justices, (William) Rehnquist and (Sandra Day) OConnor, were in the dissent. The changing of personnel is not going to have any effect on this one.”

“Its a good experience. I was surprise last time at just how engaged and well-educated on the issue the congressmen were. I thought of the hearings as something being just for show. I got the feeling everyone was taking it quite seriously. It was a challenging and educational experience. Its good that theyre doing these kinds of things.”

“It feels like a pretty big deal. It feels like important things are being done.”

“The states case is all about what happened after, ... righteous shooting.”

“He cut up Morris, puts him in the bags and threw him in the bay. Thats what happened ... Does it change the fact that it was in self-defense? No. Is it bizarre and grotesque? Yes, but were going to explain it to you.”