Body Quote by Sam Brownback

Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the…

— Rose Bird

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

Courts in America seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to…

— Donald Trump

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

The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court.

— Michel Foucault

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

— Giulio Andreotti

It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in…

— Alexander Hamilton

When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

[Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

It matters that there's diversity on the court. I think it makes for better lawmaking, because you have people with more diverse range of…

— Rachel Maddow

The judges are subject to the law.

— Yoav Gallant

My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system,…

— Sandra Day O'Connor