Amy Klobuchar Quotes

A judge who likes every opinion he reaches is a bad judge.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

Good judges do not side with anyone. They rule impartially and blindly based upon the law.

[Discussing the confirmation process:] A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

A judge is supposed to have empathy for no one but simply to follow the law.

There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.

If Justice is pictured blindfold, it is because she judges causes, not men, and not because the prime faculty of an arbitrator is lack of discernment.

The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

Man shall be judged by his Peers and Equals. For when the Fate of a Citizen is in Question, all Prejudices arising from the Difference of Rank or Fortune should be stifled; because they ought to have no Influence between the Judges and the Parties accused.

Laws are to govern all alike—those opposed as well as those who favor them.

No man must be Judge who propounds unto himself any hope of profit, or glory, from the victory of either party.

Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.

I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.'

My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor.

But I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best result in every case.

I will not vote for - and no senator should vote for - anyone who will not render justice impartially.

Throughout my decade on the bench, I have watched my colleagues strive day in and day out to do just as Socrates said we should - to hear courteously, answer wisely, consider soberly, and decide impartially.

I would make sure that the values that I would be enforcing if I were a judge are not just my values.

As a former prosecutor, I will always be on the side of the law and not any particular constituency.

The law is agnostic about truth.

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.