Age Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

— Thomas Jefferson

The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be…

— Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury must and shall be preserved! Amidst the throng of crude sacrilegisms ... that assail us nowadays in the legal sanctuary, none…

— John Henry Wigmore

Trial by jury must be preserved. It is the best system ever invented for a free people in the world's history.

— John Henry Wigmore

The jury system is one of the few ideas from the 13th century which still flourishes in the 21st century.

— Damian Green

The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot…

— Lysander Spooner

Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature [and] our most important guardian both of public and private liberty.…

— William Blackstone

The most important part of any trial is not the trial itself but what did we learn and how did we change? Tom Krause

— Tom Krause

Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a…

— Mark Twain

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing narratives and a director who is paid…

— Elizabeth L. Silver

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

— Ambrose Bierce