--- title: "12 Jury Box Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Jury Box quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Jury Box sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png" --- > [We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-mcdonald/we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend-our-freedom-the-soap-box-the/) [Larry McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-mcdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png) > [“Let’s be clear: Every day, all day they sit in a jury box—judging themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheenah-hankin/let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-sit-in-a-jury-box-judging/) [Sheenah Hankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheenah-hankin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/sheenah-hankin-43743_every-day_let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-si_90082.jpg) > [Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot-box-jury-box-cartridge-box/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/ambrose-bierce-140_ballots_democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot_868323.jpg) > [A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-ballot-box-the-jury-box-and/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/frederick-douglass-859_ballots_a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-b_3178056.png) > [In America, freedom and justice have always come from the ballot box, the jury box, and when that fails, the cartridge box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-symms/in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-always-come-from-the-ballot-box/) [Steve Symms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-symms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/steve-symms-79658_america_in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-alwa_2907912.jpg) > [The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a-square-deal-is-in-a/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/harper-lee-451_atticus-being-a-mock_the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a_1977816.png) > [“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll-see-the-one-place-where-a/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/harper-lee-451_courtroom_the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll_2757693.png) > [I pretended I had urgent business at the prosecutor's table which, in one of The System's obvious tells, was always millimeters from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-de-la-pava/i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the-prosecutor-s-table-which-in/) [Sergio De La Pava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-de-la-pava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/sergio-de-la-pava-22552_boxes_i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the_2134872.jpg) > [“I desire to tamper with the jury law. I wish to alter it as to put a premium on intelligence and character,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-wish-to-alter-it-as-to-put-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/mark-twain-22_jury-box_i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-w_2151886.jpg) > [“Oh, I beg your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a-tone-of-great-dismay-and/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/lewis-carroll-324_forgiveness_oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a_2100265.jpg) > [Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at-critical-moments-according/) [E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg) > [“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing narratives and a director who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-l-silver/jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than-poorly-written-stage-plays/) [Elizabeth L. Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-l-silver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/elizabeth-l-silver-58993_books_jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than_2792234.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/#itemlist", "name": "Jury Box Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Larry McDonald" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-mcdonald/we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend-our-freedom-the-soap-box-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the…” — Larry McDonald", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let’s be clear: Every day, all day they sit in a jury box—judging themselves.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sheenah Hankin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheenah-hankin/let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-sit-in-a-jury-box-judging/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/sheenah-hankin-43743_every-day_let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-si_90082.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/sheenah-hankin-43743_every-day_let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-si_90082.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/sheenah-hankin-43743_every-day_let-s-be-clear-every-day-all-day-they-si_90082.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let’s be clear: Every day, all day they sit in a jury box—judging themselves.” — Sheenah Hankin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot-box-jury-box-cartridge-box/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/ambrose-bierce-140_ballots_democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot_868323.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/ambrose-bierce-140_ballots_democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot_868323.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/ambrose-bierce-140_ballots_democracy-is-defended-in-3-stages-ballot_868323.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Douglass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-ballot-box-the-jury-box-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/frederick-douglass-859_ballots_a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-b_3178056.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/frederick-douglass-859_ballots_a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-b_3178056.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/frederick-douglass-859_ballots_a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-b_3178056.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.” — Frederick Douglass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In America, freedom and justice have always come from the ballot box, the jury box, and when that fails, the cartridge box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Symms" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-symms/in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-always-come-from-the-ballot-box/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/steve-symms-79658_america_in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-alwa_2907912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/steve-symms-79658_america_in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-alwa_2907912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/steve-symms-79658_america_in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-alwa_2907912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In America, freedom and justice have always come from the ballot box, the jury box, and when that fails, the…” — Steve Symms", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harper Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a-square-deal-is-in-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/harper-lee-451_atticus-being-a-mock_the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a_1977816.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/harper-lee-451_atticus-being-a-mock_the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a_1977816.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/harper-lee-451_atticus-being-a-mock_the-one-place-where-a-man-ought-to-get-a_1977816.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but…” — Harper Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harper Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll-see-the-one-place-where-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/harper-lee-451_courtroom_the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll_2757693.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/harper-lee-451_courtroom_the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll_2757693.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/harper-lee-451_courtroom_the-older-you-grow-the-more-of-it-you-ll_2757693.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a…” — Harper Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I pretended I had urgent business at the prosecutor's table which, in one of The System's obvious tells, was always millimeters from the jury box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sergio De La Pava" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-de-la-pava/i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the-prosecutor-s-table-which-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/sergio-de-la-pava-22552_boxes_i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the_2134872.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/sergio-de-la-pava-22552_boxes_i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the_2134872.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/sergio-de-la-pava-22552_boxes_i-pretended-i-had-urgent-business-at-the_2134872.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I pretended I had urgent business at the prosecutor's table which, in one of The System's obvious tells, was…” — Sergio De La Pava", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I desire to tamper with the jury law. I wish to alter it as to put a premium on intelligence and character, and close the jury box against idiots, blacklegs, and people who do not read newspapers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-wish-to-alter-it-as-to-put-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/mark-twain-22_jury-box_i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-w_2151886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/mark-twain-22_jury-box_i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-w_2151886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/mark-twain-22_jury-box_i-desire-to-tamper-with-the-jury-law-i-w_2151886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I desire to tamper with the jury law. I wish to alter it as to put a premium on intelligence and character…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oh, I beg your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the gold-fish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Carroll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a-tone-of-great-dismay-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/lewis-carroll-324_forgiveness_oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a_2100265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/lewis-carroll-324_forgiveness_oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a_2100265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/lewis-carroll-324_forgiveness_oh-i-beg-your-pardon-she-exclaimed-in-a_2100265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, I beg your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly…” — Lewis Carroll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense of justice has gone one way, and the case another, they have found \"against the evidence,\" ... the English common law rests upon a bargain between the Law and the people: The jury box is where the people come into the court: The judge watches them and the people watch back. A jury is the place where the bargain is struck. The jury attends in judgment, not only upon the accused, but also upon the justice and the humanity of the Law.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. P. Thompson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at-critical-moments-according/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/e-p-thompson-27932_accused_jurors-have-found-again-and-again-and-at_2989772.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the…” — E. P. Thompson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing narratives and a director who is paid not to care about either outcome. Hired actors sit on either end of the stage, while unwitting audience members strive to remain quiet. No applause should be rendered, no gasps of glory. Witnesses sit agape with fury as they stumble across their rehearsed lines. If only they had practiced just once more. If only they had more time or a dress rehearsal, then they would recite their packaged words with such eloquent delivery that the critics in the jury box would believe only them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth L. Silver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-l-silver/jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than-poorly-written-stage-plays/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/elizabeth-l-silver-58993_books_jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than_2792234.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/elizabeth-l-silver-58993_books_jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than_2792234.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/elizabeth-l-silver-58993_books_jury-trials-are-really-nothing-more-than_2792234.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing…” — Elizabeth L. Silver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/", "name": "Jury Box Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/larry-mcdonald-72015_ballots_we-have-four-boxes-with-which-to-defend_1550159.png" }, "description": "Browse 12 Jury Box quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Jury Box sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Jury Box Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jury-box/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```