Democracy Quote by Felix Frankfurter Download Open image “It is hostile to a democratic system to involve the judiciary in the politics of the people.” — Felix Frankfurter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Democratic Hostile Judiciary People Politics
The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and… — Leopoldo Lopez Copy Share Image
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… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
“judiciary, thanks to its independence from state control, strikes the proper balance between the contradicting trends. That is why independence of the judiciary is… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
Democrats creating the expectation that judges should act as politicians in robes is a dangerous precedent to set, threatening the very independence of the… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the… — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. — Brett Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think for any society to develop and become a civilized society, they need an independent judiciary. — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
Not wanting to suffer criticism, the judiciary has used its power of contempt to stifle criticism. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see how it… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I'm not the first to have raised these democratic concerns. Many have faulted the court for its lack of clarity in certain cases and… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Future lawyers should be more aware that law is not a system of abstract logic, but the web of arrangements, rooted in history but… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The State insists that, by thus quarantining the general reading public against books not too rugged for grown men and women in order to… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
A court which yields to the popular will thereby licenses itself to practice despotism, for there can be no assurance that it will not,… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
What becomes decisive to a Justice's functioning on the Court in the large area within which his individuality moves is his general attitude toward… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image