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Jury Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of…
- It is left... to the juries, if they think the permanent judges are under any bias whatever in any cause, to take on themselves to…
- If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the…
- We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent…
- "It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the…
- The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.
- Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the…
- By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by…
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- The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. — Jello Biafra
- I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was… — Nellie Bly
- It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as… — Joseph Brodsky
- If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. — Luther Burbank
- If a jury of your peers finds you not guilty, I will reinstate you back into baseball. — Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my… — Alexander Hamilton
- He that wrongs a friend Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about A silent court of justice in his breast, Himself the… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
- And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months,… — Thomas Hood
- When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed… — Fran Lebowitz
- We've got to abide by the rules. We have to protect it. The game of golf at a professional level is so… — Greg Norman