Acquiescence Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in…

— Felix Morley

Some fans have a mistaken opinion of the average umpire. He is human, all reports to the contrary. Every fellow who is successful is…

— Billy Evans

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people…

— Doug Harvey

The one thing that all umpires have is pride, and if you don't have pride, you lose that edge.

— Doug Harvey

The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'

— Billy Evans

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

— Doug Harvey

Umpires are necessary evils.

— Doug Harvey

In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.

— Larry Goetz

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get…

— Doug Harvey

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

— Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become…

— Jim Evans

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

— Pete Rose