Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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

If you would be a good judge, hear what every one says.

I wish at all events to retain at all times a judicial habit of not condemning a thing utterly until I have heard what is to be said for it.

You want to get both sides of the story and it's my role to try and bring that out of people.

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

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.

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

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.

Do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

If You are a magistrate of standing, commissioned to appease the many, remove stupidity from the record. When You speak, do not lean to one side, beware lest one complain.

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

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

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

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

Neutrality works well in my district.

The greatest compliment is I am accused of being a Dem leftie and a Republican righty. I am a pragmatist. I call it as I see it.

Umpires are supposed to be non-confrontational - they're supposed to uphold the peace on the baseball field.

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

No man can be judge to his own cause.

To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.