It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
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So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
It's unnecessary to make that, you know, strong of a statement. Let the facts, let the case, you know, and the evidence… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Of all my prosecutorsnot one is my peer, but each and all are my political sovereigns; and had your honor submitted my… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
As I said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, I think Ferguson laid bare a problem that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fury said to a mousethat he met in the houselet us both go to law; I will prosecute youlet there be no… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You may talk about Free Love, if you please, but we are to have the right to vote. Today we are fined,… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Monetizing by creating more value for a Venmo user makes a ton of sense to me. But other forms of monetization that… — Dan Schulman Copy Share Image
In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation').… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I find it bitterly ironic that the bulk of the money a medical-malpractice jury awarded to Terri [Schaivo] for use in making… — Wesley J. Smith Copy Share Image
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