Impartiality Quotes

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

The supreme majesty of the law and the power of this republican Government was illustrated anew to-day by the fresh scenes and proceedings in the great trial of impeachment. The business-like, almost matter-of-fact manner in which the Congress of the United States proceeds with this grave work is the most striking illustration of the innate love and reverence for law and order that characterize the American people.

What are kingdoms without justice but large bands of robbers?

Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue.

Justice is truth in action.

Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.

Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.

The wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly, but happily they turn.

Justice may be slow, but it does grind inexorably.

The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law

The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs.

To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world—impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.

I don't think being a Muslim or being a non-Muslim has been an advantage or disadvantage.

To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice.

Well, I don't believe in patronage.

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.

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

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

Justice and Fairness to All