The 7th Canon Quotes

“The past is always the highest peak, and the hardest to scale. But when you finally pull yourself to the top and peer over the edge, there’s nothing before you but the rest of your life.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“I once heard a judge tell a defendant there was a difference between being sorry for his actions and being sorry he got caught,”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“People say the justice system is color-blind, but it isn’t. It sees color, and it sees green. It will always see green. We like to think our courts are the great equalizer between the powerful and the powerless, but more times than not, money and power still prevail. To the Jack Devines of this world, Bennet wasn’t the victim because in Jack Devine’s way of thinking, everything was OK because he paid for it.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“the best response was no response. People did not like silence and usually filled it with their own voices. Free information. Take it when you can get it,”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“It used to be survival of the fittest. Nature’s way, just like the animals. You fought for what you got, and whoever fought the hardest got the most. You got a job and a promotion because you earned it. What went wrong is this country lost sight of the natural order. We’re no longer Americans. We’re Mexicans and Latinos, blacks and Chinese, and a thousand other things. Men want to be women, and women want to be men. And everybody wants to be treated special. Everybody is entitled to something. You don’t earn anything anymore. You just whine about something long enough, and the politicians hand it to you. If you don’t like what you get, you hire a lawyer, and he sues to get you more.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“ABOUT THE AUTHOR Photo © 2014 Catherine Dugoni Robert Dugoni is the author of the bestselling Tracy Crosswhite series (My Sister’s Grave, Her Final Breath, and In the Clearing) as well as the critically acclaimed David Sloane series (The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Conviction). He’s been ranked number one on Amazon’s list of most popular authors in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, and Italy, and he has been a New York Times, Wall”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“People say the justice system is color-blind, but it isn’t. It sees color, and it sees green. It will always see green. We like to think our courts are the great equalizer between the powerful and the powerless, but more times than not, money and power still prevail.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“Andrew Bennet’s relatives in the Midwest, the same relatives who hadn’t spoken with him in years, were said to be sorting through the résumés of plaintiffs’ lawyers, some of whom had flown across country to pitch their services and try to convince the family that death could be an economically prosperous event.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“God made us sinners, Peter. But he also forgives those sins. That’s his divine mercy. But first, we have to forgive ourselves”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“The sex trade was a lot like the drug trade; everyone wanted to raze the low-income housing where the drugs were sold but ignored the BMWs and Mercedes driving down the streets with $100 bills hanging out the windows.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“He removed a miniature can of graphite spray”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“Ramsey spun an uncurled paper clip”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“There were signs, for sure—bruises and missing teeth—but nobody wanted to see them. If they did, they’d have to act. So they ignored them. And the beatings continued. Nobody wanted to get involved in other people’s business, especially their business behind closed doors.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

“You’ve climbed higher mountains than I ever had to climb, but you have one more mountain to climb, and you know it. The past is always the highest peak, and the hardest to scale. But when you finally pull yourself to the top and peer over the edge, there’s nothing before you but the rest of your life.”
― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon

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― Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon