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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: facts, think, winning, game

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It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: last, right, know, law
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: think, win, world, people
CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: courts, court, exhausted, texas
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: said, try, book, you
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: not-good-enough, matter, people, good
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