Being human Quote by Prashant Bhushan

Judges are human beings. We have a duty that we focus on and that we take seriously.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

People's lives and livelihoods are often in their hands, and it is critical that judges have integrity, honesty, compassion, and impartiality.

— Phil Scott

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

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

In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes.…

— Orrin Hatch

Our role as judges is to interpret the law.

— Thomas Hardiman

Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights…

— Jed S. Rakoff

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

As judges, we are public servants. And it is up to the people to determine what the structure and form and function of the…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

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

— Richard Cordray

I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views…

— John Roberts

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