Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

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

No one is a good judge in his own cause.

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

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

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

I don't believe it's humanly possible to be free of bias.

Personality is lower than partiality.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this.

I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not.

Being unbiased is a lot like being humble: as soon as you think you are, you aren’t. Neither are a finite state of being but a continuous struggle to not allow our perspectives poison our opinions.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.

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.

No one should be judge in his own case.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.

I am not a rabid partisan.

I’ve never found the truth to be fair and balanced.

… without animus or partiality.

Disclosure is the antidote to partiality and favor.

The complete truth is not the prerogative of the human judge.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.