E. B. White Quotes

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

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

When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can 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.

No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.

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

Our courts provide a neutral forum for the adjudication of disputes under the law, not based on economic or political power, on race, on sex or any other personal characteristics.

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not in some distant tomorrow, not in some study commission, but now while I Iive.

Thou shalt not ration justice.

Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These recommendations are essential to that goal.

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

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

If you hang them all, you will get the guilty. But that's not the American way of doing things.

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

China has not established the rule of law and thus there is no justice.

I don't want to harm my government. I want to help my government. But the fact that they are willing to completely ignore due process, they're willing to declare guilt without ever seeing a trial, these are things that we need to work against as a society and say, 'Hey, this is not appropriate.'

In America, the Supreme Court and the American people believe no one is above the law.

Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

No one is above the law, not even the President.

We all require equal access to the justice system.

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.