Free people Quote by John Henry Wigmore

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

The jury system is one of the few ideas from the 13th century which still flourishes in the 21st century.

— Damian Green

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and…

— Thomas Jefferson

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know…

— Dave Barry

The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty.

— Alexander Hamilton

I believe in the jury system.

— O. J. Simpson

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of…

— Anonymous

The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging of the…

— Lysander Spooner

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

I have great faith in the jury system.

— Anonymous

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles…

— Thomas Jefferson

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