A horseman’s head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon’s torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from. Amal Clooney Read Quote
Sentencing a political opponent to death after a show trial is no different to taking him out on the street and shooting him. In fact, it is worse because using the court system as a tool of state repression makes a mockery of the rule of law. Amal Clooney Read Quote
If you are a lawyer, and you want to take on easier cases, you can prosecute traffic violations or something. You’d have a very high rate of success, and you probably could sleep more easily at night. But that’s not what drives me. Amal Clooney Read Quote
I think it’s important for tourists to know the facts of what’s happening in the Maldives. I don’t think people realize that there’s a flogging taking place a kilometer away when they’re sunbathing in their resort. Amal Clooney Read Quote
I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn’t have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn’t have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn’t know anyone else who’d done it, or other people made me question it. Amal Clooney Read Quote
Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic. Amal Clooney Read Quote
If you don’t have a good case, and you don’t have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far. Amal Clooney Read Quote
My name means ‘hope’ in Arabic, and I was born when there was a war in Lebanon. Amal Clooney Read Quote
