Aristotle Quotes

No one should be judge in his own case.

Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions.

The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.

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.

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

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

What I will say to people is what you require are rules and not prejudices.

I am finally glad to see that the jury is looking at me.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

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

You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.

There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

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

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.

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

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

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

Man shall be judged by his Peers and Equals. For when the Fate of a Citizen is in Question, all Prejudices arising from the Difference of Rank or Fortune should be stifled; because they ought to have no Influence between the Judges and the Parties accused.

The job of a justice is justice.

Our criminal justice system was designed to be fair and is the fairest system known to man.

We must be ever on our guard, lest we erect our prejudices into legal principles.

Let them bring me prisoners, and I’ll find them law.

I don't want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.