Ancient Quote by George Mason

Trial by jury must and shall be preserved! Amidst the throng of crude sacrilegisms ... that assail us nowadays in the legal sanctuary, none…

— John Henry Wigmore

What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered…

— William Rehnquist

In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one…

— James Madison

Law and justice are from time to time inevitably in conflict ... . The jury ... adjusts the general rule of law to the…

— John Henry Wigmore

“Judge not,' it has been said, but being a juryman can be a pleasant occupation when one is not weighing up human actions and…

— Claudio Magris

The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be…

— Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature [and] our most important guardian both of public and private liberty.…

— William Blackstone

Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and malign men…

— Elizabeth Blair Lee

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy

— John Gay

The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.

— John Jay

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person,…

— Lysander Spooner