There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code: That of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.

You can easily manipulate and take advantage of the ones who heed you the most because they care, but if you dare hurt them you're hurting your own well-being. There'll times when you need shoulders, but they won't be there for you to lean on.

The more you think you know the less you learn. The more you learn when you think you know the less.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.

These attorneys speaking out - they feel a need to defend their clients. Ethics rules (in North Carolina) allow for that. I think any criminal attorney would not be serving their client's interests if they did not speak out.