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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court. — Uri Geller
You never really know a woman till you meet her in court. — Jerry Lawler
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. — Irving Kaufman
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the… — Alexander Hamilton
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word,… — Michael Kirby
This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation, of Indian tribes… — George H. W. Bush
This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I… — Peter Costello
Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless,… — Woodrow Wilson
The 'music' is not an open court and a fair trial. — Edward Snowden
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the… — William Shakespeare
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view… — John Shelby Spong
This is an issue just like 9-11... We didn't decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to. It was brought… — Rick Santorum
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because of the imperfection… — Rand Paul
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the state punishes with… — William J. Brennan
The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life;… — Clarence Darrow
We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications - government agencies have always been able to gain access with… — Dorothy E. Denning
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]… — Harry A. Blackmun
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital… — Thurgood Marshall
My position is that I am personally opposed to abortion, but I don't think I have a right to impose my view on the rest… — Joe Biden
The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before. — Judi Dench
Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people.… — Rose Bird
Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give them a truckling court, and… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts. — Horace
The White House said today that Judge Clarence Thomas, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, had smoked marijuana while in college. — Clarence Thomas

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