Bullied Quote by Hugo Black

If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues…

— Rose Bird

When a court goes too far, it actually weakens our respect for judicial institutions.

— Newt Gingrich

It would then be most admirably adapted to the purposes of justice, if laws properly enacted were, as far as circumstances admitted, of themselves…

— Aristotle

Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse.

— Kenneth Clarke

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime,…

— Anonymous

If everyone charged with crimes suddenly exercised his constitutional rights, there would not be enough judges, lawyers, or prison cells to deal with the…

— Michelle Alexander

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

— Stella Young

No judicial system could do society's work if each issue had to be decided afresh in every case which raised it.

— Benjamin Cardozo

We may well soon be subjected to anything that judges want to enforce… The result will be an enforced inability of the states to…

— Alan Keyes

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception…

— Samuel Alito

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to…

— Abigail Adams

When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that…

— Cyril Ramaphosa