Before Quote by Rick Perlstein

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse,…

— Horatio Nelson

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try as best…

— Diane S. Sykes

My hypothesis is not so much that the court is the natural expression of popular justice, but rather that its historical function is to…

— Michel Foucault

The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange…

— James L. Buckley

Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for justice, since…

— Adam Cohen

Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.

— Justinian I

Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Lawyers and attornies, at least, must always be paid by the parties; and,…

— Adam Smith

If the public can't see justice being done, or afford the costs of justice, then the entire system becomes little more than a cozy…

— Heather Brooke

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence…

— Naomi Novik

We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects of public…

— Herb Kohl

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

— John Cornyn