Michael Tigar Quotations

It is my charge, my responsibility ... to present the human face of Terry Nichols, and that's what we're doing.

Terry Nichols was acquitted of most of the charges against him. He's got a real defense here, and this could be the thing that makes the difference.

You all heard Terry Nichols say in a clear, strong voice: 'I am innocent,'

We'll wait until the process is completed, The verdict speaks for itself.

Even if you take Michael Fortier at face value, ... he never heard Terry Nichols say he was going to blow up anything in Oklahoma City.

dressed the way he would be when he was selling real estate, when he was the manager of a farm co-op, when he was doing many of other responsible jobs he's held during his life. What you see is who he is.

equates federal agents with Nazi SS agents exterminating Jews in World War II.

Do you think The Wall Street Journal is a subversive publication?

This is what the FBI does -- they lie to the prosecutors. We've caught them doing it again and again and again.

They want all 12 of you to sign a paper that says one morning, or afternoon, they will get Terry Nichols and kill him. We say that there are lots of reasons why all 12 of you should not sign such a paper.

I have never seen defendants in a major public trial, especially a white-collar trial, so completely ostracized by witnesses with pertinent information,

The Marine Corps builds men. The FBI builds witnesses.

The court affirmed the idea of a vigorous public forum, and that's what's refreshing. The opinion sounds these First Amendment themes. The message is: If you don't like something, there is always more speech.