“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Polygraphs are not allowed as evidence in most U.S. courts, but they're routinely used in police investigations, and the Defense Department relies… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
My art flatters nobody by imitation; it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness... there is no finish in nature. — John Constable Copy Share Image
Nationwide injunctions not only allow district courts to wield unprecedented power, they also allow district courts to wield it asymmetrically. — William Barr Copy Share Image
The work of deciding cases goes on every day in hundreds of courts throughout the land. Any judge, one might suppose, would… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
Despite a campaign that was based on a very powerful promise of transparency, President Obama, and again in my view quite correctly,… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on… — John J. Sirica Copy Share Image
Determining how many asbestos suits have been filed or how much companies have spent to resolve them is difficult. Cases are filed… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game… — Angela Featherstone Copy Share Image
One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court. — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
I thought about tennis. But the more I thought about the whole thing - lessons, equipment, going to the courts - I… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
We want to continue the efforts against domestic violence and spread the drug courts, and develop real effective means of providing treatment… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Without properly functioning civil courts, there is no guarantee that innovative entrepreneurs can claim the rewards of their ideas. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I played tennis at underneath - Brooklyn Bridge? Manhattan Bridge? Williamsburg Bridge? There are courts on the Manhattan side. — Callum Turner Copy Share Image
“When a man admits guilt we have to believe him. We cannot set ourselves to proving to him that he is wrong.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Once you move into the second week of a Grand Slam, you know you are getting closer to playing on some of… — Kiki Bertens Copy Share Image
The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings -… — Lee Greenwood Copy Share Image
The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went… — Will McDonough Copy Share Image
When you get on to fresh grass courts you always know that they might be a bit slippery but you have to… — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
Houses with courts and gyms are super expensive. Not a lot of players can afford that. I know it sounds crazy to… — Ivica Zubac Copy Share Image
All you have to do is drive by the empty tennis courts and basketball courts and compare them to the skate parks...… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
The 14th Amendment was recognized right away to be problematic. The concept of person was both too narrow and too broad, and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Civil society must be strengthened to help raise awareness among people living with HIV, and those at risk, of their rights, and… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is… — John Harrison Copy Share Image
The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Cabinet resolutions approving mass releases of terrorists deal a mortal blow to the status of Israel's judges and courts. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
They know, the courts know, the people know that they have no way of changing the results as it affects them. — Kenneth Blackwell Copy Share Image
The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As judges, we are public servants. And it is up to the people to determine what the structure and form and function… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My vehemence was against the federal courts. I never said a word against black people in my heart since I ran for… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
We've got to make sure tech companies - all of them - aren't taking steps that will place content beyond the reach… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image