Because Quote by Michael Portillo Download Open image “I have never served on a jury because MPs were exempted - or banned, I think.” — Michael Portillo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because I think Jury Never Think
Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races. — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
Lazy people know how to avoid jury duty, then again, who needs a jury ? — Grass Hopper Copy Share Image
I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors, — Zacarias Moussaoui Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty! — Alex Trebek Copy Share Image
A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Jury lawlessness is the greatest corrective of law in its actual administration. — Roscoe Pound Copy Share Image
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I have many things to say. My every right, constitutional, civil, political and judicial has been tramped upon. I have not only had no… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward its primary… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
You never quite know what you do in life that leaves a seed behind that grows into an oak tree. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
If the Tories and Lib Dems fought together, they'd keep their ministerial offices and limousines, and continue to do the right things for the… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Were we ever to find ourselves living under a totalitarian regime, place no faith in the mercy of your fellow citizens. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people of my generation have a certain guilt that, from the Sixties onwards, we started taking package holidays abroad… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Television brings with it two dangerous hazards: the worship of celebrity and the blurring of reality and fantasy. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
People have said to me, 'Oh, you are much nicer making documentaries than you were in politics.' So I should be. If you are… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
'Bradshaw's' is a lovely device for the time-travelling television presenter. I just hope that people buying it aren't doing so with the intention of… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate because he was determined to marry a divorced woman. As a result of that decision, the Queen's… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Three letters send a chill down the spine of the enemy: SAS. Those letters spell out one clear message. Don't mess with Britain! — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
