William Moffitt Quotes (12 Quotes)

I just hope the government will decide there is some sort of resolution out there short of a prosecution.

The government itself has said you are free to praise groups that engage in terrorism as a means of achieving their ends, ... This case concerns Dr. al-Arian's right to speak, our right to hear what he has to say and the attempt of the powerful to silence him.

I'm extremely disappointed that the judge would deny these motions without having a hearing.

At the end of the day, when you think about wiretaps, think about what's not there, ... There's not one discussion of planning violent activity.

The government has not proven Dr. Al-Arian has done anything but speak.

The vast majority of that deal was written on my desk.

This is a case that never should have been brought. A lot of hate and ugliness was generated to not very much end. To sort of die like a whimper. We need to remember as a society that revenge is not always an answer.

The care and feeding of informants is big business in the U.S. government, ... It's like the CIA's black budget.' Obviously, no one really wants to keep the exact number of informants and amount paid them, because most intelligent people know that the system is being distorted by all the selling of information.

The language of resistance, of political discourse, is sometimes harsh. But a political speaker must be free to excite his audience.

I don't feel like I'm abandoning the ship. ... We worked for two years getting ready for trial, and Dr. Al-Arian was not convicted of anything.

There will be no truth about the Middle East conflict in this court.

They know full well that Dr. Al-Arian had nothing to do with this violence,