Courtroom Quotes · Page 2

The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.

— Tammy Faye Bakker

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.

— Johnnie Cochran

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

— Johnnie Cochran

Well, honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.

— Gabriel Macht

People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.

— Assata Shakur

Keeping politics out of the courtroom is a goal every state aspires to achieve.

— Amul Thapar

I grew up on courtroom dramas, and I really love the feel of a dramatic thriller.

— Luke Roberts

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

— Nancy Grace

Judges can bring their own biases about sexuality in the courtroom, causing victims untold pain in the telling and retailing of their…

— Anthea Butler

The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated.

— Hugo Black

I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.

— Dominick Dunne

If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad…

— Mike Tyson

Our religious liberty was threatened by the Obama administration as part of the Obamacare law. I was in the courtroom when that…

— Luther Strange

The worst times were the years I was alone. The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained…

— John E. Jones III

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing…

— Warren E. Burger

Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot…

— Scott Turow

When Orson Welles was acting in 'Compulsion,' the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To…

— Robert Osborne

Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the…

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

The thing that's most uppermost in my mind and will continue to be until I hit a brick wall is that I…

— Vincent Bugliosi

“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal…

— Harper Lee

The notion that most people want black-robed judges, well-dressed lawyers and fine-paneled courtrooms as the setting to resolve their disputes is not…

— Warren E. Burger

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing…

— John Sununu

I'm a big believer in first impressions," he finally said. "Tell me what your first thought was when Jason walked into the…

— Julie James

I met with a bad bout after the trial was over, and while the trial was on I habit of stopping by…

— Harry Reems

Did you know that Nuremberg courtroom was designed so that the Allies could project movies during the trial? And, also so that…

— Errol Morris

Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't read what he was…

— Richelle Mead

Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings…

— Anonymous

And what importance do I have in the courtroom of oblivion?

— Pablo Neruda

Boy, you'll have a fair trial. Race, creed or color, justice will be done in my courtroom.

— Laurence Stallings

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.

— Daniel Dae Kim

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene.

— Greg Kinnear

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

— Alice Koller

Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.

— Lance Ito

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

— Fred Thompson

When you have a child victim, I don't think cameras should be in the courtroom, ever.

— Nancy Grace

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.

— Bruce Forsyth

If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.

— Lance Ito

His victims were for the most part financial institutions who exact their revenge in courtrooms.

— Philip Russell

I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.

— Patsy Cline