Quotes by Samuel Dash

I uncovered the story of Watergate and part of the story unfortunately, I thought, was that the President was very much involved in the cover up. I remember driving back from Alexandria at two o'clock in the morning almost weeping because I realized that we would be exposing the President of the United States as a criminal. It was a tremendous burden.

I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.

I was dumbfounded by the way the Bush Administration pushed aside the Constitution to launch their war on terrorism.

I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

In high school English we were supposed to write a paper on Shakespeare, and I decided to write a Shakespearean play. I wrote a five-act tragedy in Elizabethan iambic pentameter. It was about Alexander the Great. My teacher accused me of plagiarism until I proved to him neither Shakespeare nor anyone else had written a play about Alexander the Great.

One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.

Our government leaders. . . have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values.

Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.

We were dirt poor. I had a job from the time I was seven. Our biggest fight at home was how to divide a Tastycake package of three cupcakes into six parts.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.