Accepting Quote by Ayn Rand

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

— Blaise Pascal

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to…

— Samuel Alito

That's why we have appellate judges that are more than one judge because each of us, from our life experiences, will more easily see…

— Sonia Sotomayor

You have to be patient. Litigants are emotionally involved - they're suing or being sued, or they've been in an accident or they're charged…

— Steven Pacey

A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law.

— Brett Kavanaugh

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.

— Hugo Black

I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's…

— Mark Twain

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“Judges don’t get to choose their cases. When a case goes to court, the judge assigned to it did not commit the crime, was…

— Mark Manson

Being a judge is sometimes like raising children: litigants get the time they need, not necessarily the time they want, and you have to…

— Steven Pacey

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

— Mike DeWine

The reasonableness of the agency of the national courts in cases in which the state tribunals cannot be supposed to be impartial, speaks for…

— Alexander Hamilton