Testimonial Evidence Quotes

I think it's possible to a certain extent to make those comparisons. The problem is the detail with which the comparison can be made. Of course, the first place to make such a comparison would be to ask for a testimony from different people and have people report on what they experience.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes. Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.

Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination.

Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.

INADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.

I refuse to answer on the ground that this might be incriminating.

Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses--a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness.