Trial By Jury Quotes

20 Trial By Jury quotes by 16 unique authors

• Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. — Martha Beck
• When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with… — Fran Lebowitz
• 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… — Thomas Jefferson
• The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives. — Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin
• Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred… — Patrick Henry
• Trial by jury in civil causes,... trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus... all stand on the… — Richard Henry Lee
• I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to… — Rand Paul
• "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… — Thomas Jefferson
• In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of… — James Madison
• What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the… — William Rehnquist
• There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates for a Bill… — George Washington
• We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of… — Winston Churchill
• The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try… — Mark Twain
• Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose
• The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from… — Lysander Spooner
• The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging of the law,… — Lysander Spooner
• I do not apologize for advertising. I think it is as vital to the preservation of freedom in my country as the free exercise of… — Unknown Author
• 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… — Thomas Jefferson
• 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… — Thomas Jefferson
• Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in… — James Monroe

Who Wrote These Trial By Jury Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 20 Trial By Jury Quotes as follows:

• 4 Trial By Jury Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 2 Trial By Jury Quotes by Lysander Spooner
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by William Rehnquist
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Unknown Author
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Stephen Ambrose
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Richard Henry Lee
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Rand Paul
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Patrick Henry
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Martha Beck
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by James Monroe
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by James Madison
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by George Washington
• 1 Trial By Jury Quote by Fran Lebowitz