Let the people have property and they will have power - a power that will forever be exerted to prevent the restriction… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
In the past there has been debate as to whether or not traditional rights such as that to trial by jury might… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
The corporations don't like open courts of law, trials by jury. They want to privatize by pushing people into compulsory arbitration where… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The grand solid merit of jury trial is that the jurors ... are selected at the last moment from the multitude of… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
Cross-examination is beyond any doubt the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. ... Cross-examination, not trial by jury,… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Trial by jury in civil causes,... trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus... all… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
If the federal constitution is to be construed so far in connection with the state constitutions, as to leave the trial by… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
Three features mark the Anglo-American system as different from all others. One is the extent to which our law is formed in… — Charles Rembar Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
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