Constellations Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and…

— 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

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

The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty.

— Alexander Hamilton

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

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

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

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.

— Clarence Darrow

“The most important moments in a trial are often not seen by a jury. That is because it's one of the judge's main responsibilities…

— David Rosenfelt

Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.

— Edward Coke

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 trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging of the…

— Lysander Spooner