Judiciary Quotes

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

— Phyllis Schlafly

“No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has…

— Alexander Hamilton

Not wanting to suffer criticism, the judiciary has used its power of contempt to stifle criticism.

— Prashant Bhushan

People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see…

— Judy Sheindlin

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government.

— Alexander Bickel

All I say is that I totally believe in the judiciary and in the Indian justice system.

— S. Sreesanth

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

— Frans Timmermans

It is hostile to a democratic system to involve the judiciary in the politics of the people.

— Felix Frankfurter

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the…

— Joseph Story

If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative,…

— Alexander Hamilton

There is no rule of law in Zimbabwe; there's selective application of the rule of law. Patrick Chinamasa, who is the minister…

— Roy Bennett

Altering the Constitution has become the daily business of the Federal Government which the document is supposed to guide and limit. Both…

— Joseph Sobran

When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to…

— Roy Moore

And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything…

— Alexander Hamilton

In the United States there are three parts of our government - the judiciary, the legislative and the executive - and the…

— Philip M. Breedlove

We [Israel] already have two very strong democratic tools - the two basic laws of personal liberties and human rights. I think…

— Ayelet Shaked

The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as…

— Ted Simon

Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. Nothing in the world was…

— Jean Genet

The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable…

— Byron White

I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on…

— Scott Pruitt

Sharia has a ruling system, an economic system, a policy and social system, a foreign policy and judiciary system to be implemented,…

— Anjem Choudary

The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially.…

— William Howard Taft

I am very proud of our Supreme Court - it is one of the best worldwide. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, we have…

— Ayelet Shaked

That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of…

— George Mason

What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution…

— James Madison

I say we should praise Donald Trump for existing and for winning, because it has woken people up. For many years, I…

— Garry Kasparov

We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights…

— Anonymous

If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of…

— Walter Cronkite

The Supreme Court is about the Constitution. It is about constitutionality. It is about the law. At its bear simplest, it's about…

— Rush Limbaugh

A corrupt judiciary is hardly likely to hold a corrupt executive to account.

— Prashant Bhushan

Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents.

— Alberto Gonzales

The reality is that our independent judiciary is the most respected branch of our government and the envy of the world.

— Ted Olson

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

— Samuel Alito

Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.

— Brett Kavanaugh

President Trump has selected qualified, conservative nominees to serve in the federal judiciary and his administration.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

There's no doubt that diversity in thought is critical so that our judiciary can impartially enforce the law.

— Brian Mast

In the age of Trump, we have witnessed an unprecedented attack on the judiciary across the country.

— Krystal Ball

Trump's attacks against the judiciary reflect his view that only he should be able to decide what he can and cannot do.

— George T. Conway III