Juries and judges sayings

Page 2

◆ Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

- Nancy Lopez99

◆ We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.

- Hugo Black99

◆ I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge

- Margaret Deland99

◆ The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

- Tom Canterbury99

◆ A good judge doesn't know the strength of the plaintiff's case until he's heard the defense.

- William Sheffield99

◆ Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

- Alan M Dershowitz99

◆ The man who called it "near beer" was a bad judge of distance

- Philander Johnson99

◆ Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.

- Hebbel99

◆ The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try

- William Shakespeare99

◆ No one can demand that you be neutral toward the crime of genocide. If there is a judge in the whole world who can be neutral toward this crime, that judge is not fit to sit in judgment.

- Gideon Hausner99

◆ The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

- Alan M Dershowitz99

◆ Judges don't age; time decorates them.

- Enid Bagnold99

◆ My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes; every day Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play

- Francis Quarles99