Jimmy Carter Quotes

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Prosecutors insist they are mounting a "thorough investigation," which sometimes means thorough and sometimes, historically, has meant long enough to let the fire burn down in an incendiary case. A thorough investigation is fine; an interminable one is disgraceful.

The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court.

Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

I have faith in the jury system.

When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court.

Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot of people will say to you these days, 'If you are looking for justice, don't go to a courtroom.' That's just a more realistic perspective on what happens in the legal process.

Courts are for people to get help, not just to shrink dockets.

As to the long time spent on lawsuits, that is due to concern for justice, that judges may not fail in passing correct judgments, by having to give sentence offhand; it is better that they should reflect, and conclude the case more tardily, than that by judging in a hurry they should both injure man and transgress against the Deity, the institutor of justice....

The administration of justice was swift and unvexed by nuance.

The wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly, but happily they turn.

We have far more plea bargains in our system than we do trials.

I believe in the jury system.

When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.

I believe myself to have been a reasonable prosecutor, and when the facts and evidence show a criminal violation has been committed, the individuals involved should not dictate whether the case is prosecuted.

Justice is merely incidental to law and order. Law and order is what covers the whole picture. Justice is part of it, but it can't be separated as a single thing.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are asked. In support of lines of questioning where cases of treason are cited and the Judge endorses the relevance of the citation.

Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of good and bad and what is right and wrong in itself, and not just as a result of the process.

The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

to move the wheels of justice is a ponderous business.