Admission Quote by Jed S. Rakoff

This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous.

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

— Francis Bacon

The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be…

— Joseph Story

“Brain full of facts is dangerous for a basic debate”

— Budding Dirt

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

When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I…

— John Pilger

We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of…

— John Adams

If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting…

— Thomas Jefferson

Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.

— Yair Lapid

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as…

— Floyd Abrams

“the objective of law is, to hide the truth in plain site.”

— Steve Merrick