Dave Fendem > Quotes

“When you boil it all down, you are confronted by the inescapable conclusion that you are closer to a professional conman than you might care to admit. My own internal conflicts are at least mollified when I consider the one thing that cannot be denied: our justice system has developed over centuries to be the best and the fairest in the world, one that it is either emulated, or envied by jurisdictions all around the globe. As the fairest possible route to justice, it is probably the best that any society could do.”
― Dave Fendem, Dirty Briefs: The hilarious struggles and shocking tales of a bare-knuckle criminal barrister

“Regardless of one’s position in life, what you do or don’t have, or what challenges you face, your contentment is limited merely to your perception of it. It is a paradox that those who have nothing, or have to confront exceptional challenges, can often be found to be ‘happier’ than those that have ‘everything’.”
― Dave Fendem, Dirty Briefs: The hilarious struggles and shocking tales of a bare-knuckle criminal barrister