I will defend anyone as long as the client gives me total control of the case and pays up front.

- Edward Bennett Williams

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster.

- Edward Bennett Williams

These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie.

- Edward Bennett Williams

What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?

- Edward Bennett Williams

I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.

- Edward Bennett Williams

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.

- Edward Bennett Williams

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the rights that the people…

- Edward Bennett Williams