Johnnie Cochran Quotes

"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
- 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
(Related: Change, Children, Court, Judges, Laws, President, Will)

"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
(Related: Law, Will, Years)

"Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: Money, Man, Prison, Will)

"In 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
(Related: Family, People, Thinking)

"I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: Life, Fact, Preparation)

"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
(Related: Life, Idea, Americans, Terror)

"I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: Age, Years)

"Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: People, Day)

"We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: Crisis)

"If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense."
- Johnnie Cochran
(Related: Defense, Sense)