William Barr Quotes

If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness.

The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!

Law enforcement does not ask an advantage in its struggle with the lawless. It asks only that the scales of justice be balanced. The cause of justice is not served when hardened criminals are allowed to go free through legal technicalities.

Justice in this country is an insurance policy. It’s not something that we’re supposed to get sometimes.

To talk about justice in the justice system is an oxymoron.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.

Due process does not require that every conceivable step be taken, at whatever cost, to eliminate the possibility of convicting an innocent person. To conclude otherwise would all but paralyze our system for enforcement of the criminal law.

The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

There are reasons to doubt that our criminal justice system is fundamentally just.

There is no such thing as justice—in or out of court.

In the criminal justice community, as a judge, being tough is not enough. You have to be fair.

Enforcing the law is not an injustice.

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

At the end of the day, the law is the same for the Prime Minister or a common man of India.

I just want to believe that, as a citizen in this country, that I have equal protection under the law and that I can have a situation assessed fairly, that people can look at it, and that a court of law can determine what the outcome is.

I simply apply the law fairly and equally to all our citizens.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should be for a fair trial. And that fair trial needs to have an impartial jury.

I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built.

Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak.