Judicial Quotes
143 Judicial quotes by 112 unique authors
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Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotism at…
— Friedrich Schiller
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No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes…
— Orrin Hatch
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There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced…
— Edmund Burke
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If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set…
— William Blackstone
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The Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices have all been…
— Harry Reid
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No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go against the Basic…
— Wu Bangguo
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The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention.
— James Toback
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I have many things to say. My every right, constitutional, civil, political and judicial has been tramped upon. I have not only had no jury…
— Susan B. Anthony
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I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the danger of short-circuiting…
— Ronald Reagan
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The indispensible judicial requisite is intellectual humility.
— Felix Frankfurter
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For the highest exercise of judicial duty is to subordinate one's personal pulls and one's private views to the law of which we are all…
— Felix Frankfurter
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To be effective, judicial administration must not be leaden-footed.
— Felix Frankfurter
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Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism…
— Newt Gingrich
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During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their war on judicial…
— Gail Collins
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An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.
— Unknown Author
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Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.
— Stockwell Day
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We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions…
— Alan Dershowitz
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President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about…
— Alan Dershowitz
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Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal…
— John Ensign
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If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some…
— Robin Hayes
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