Accepting Quote by Lord Acton

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment....

— James Madison

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt…

— James Madison

All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately…

— Ayn Rand

A man ain't got no right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views.

— Charles Dickens

The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be gratuitously exercised.

— Peggy Noonan

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

— Blaise Pascal

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

— Sidney Hook

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

— Warren E Burger

Everyone has his own need for public and therefore public should not be artificially imposed on a person.

— Ilkin Santak

The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American…

— Robert Bork

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public…

— Warren Beatty