Joseph Lancaster Quotes

No one is a good judge in his own cause.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics.

There are only two ways to be quite unprejudiced and impartial. One is to be completely ignorant. The other is to be completely indifferent. Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided.

Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I warn my readers against my biases.

There is no human objectivity.

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

nobody is a good judge in his own cause!

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Personality is lower than partiality.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

I am not a rabid partisan.

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will maybe be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.

I have come to learn that preliminary judgments are not judgments.