Craftsman Quote by Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions.

— Richard Cordray

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people,…

— Andrew Jackson

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not beindependent of the people, but…

— Anonymous

I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case with fidelity…

— Susan Collins

Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative…

— Yochai Benkler

There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction…

— Anonymous

Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion…

— Francis Bacon

Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.

— Tammy Bruce

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you…

— David Dudley Field II

Everybody is presumed to know the law except His Majesty's judges, who have a Court of Appeal set over them to put them right.

— William Henry Maule

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion…

— Francis Bacon

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

— Aristotle