Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

A fair trial would have been no trial at all.

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

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

For anyone whomsoever to be put to death without a trial and unconvicted ... is forbidden

The ancient mode of trial by jury ... ought to remain sacred and inviolable.

… due process of law is not for the sole benefit of an accused. It is the best insurance for the Government itself against those blunders which leave lasting stains on a system of justice but which are bound to occur on ex parte consideration

Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.

This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.

People are innocent until they are proven guilty, and we will make sure that stays the case.

When you cheer for the erosion of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs rights, you're cheering for the erosion of your own.

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends but of one's enemies.

When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.

I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me.

I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.

The 'music' is not an open court and a fair trial.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.

Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business.

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

I think that the negro should reserve the right to execute.

I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his property, without his having an opportunity of being heard.

This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? "Due process". We're very proud of it.

The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty.

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.