Arbitrary Quote by Winston Churchill

Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense…

— E. P. Thompson

Law and justice are from time to time inevitably in conflict ... . The jury ... adjusts the general rule of law to the…

— John Henry Wigmore

What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered…

— William Rehnquist

There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the power and…

— Lysander Spooner

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

— Damian Green

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

— Thomas Jefferson

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person,…

— Lysander Spooner

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

— Mark Twain

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

“A jury is always a more orthodox body than any defendant brought before it; for blacks it is usually a whiter group, for poor…

— Howard Zinn

A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges…

— Clarence Darrow

The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns…

— Alexis de Tocqueville