“ A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever. ”
- Henry Waldorf Francis- Copy
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“ There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ”
- Mahatma Gandhi- Copy
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“ No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. ”
- Hannah More- Copy
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“ Do you know how many people ask me why I didn't hold you in contempt after the last stunt you pulled in this courtroom? ”
- David Davis- Copy
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“ Until we get a new president, we are not going to see greater diversity on the Alabama bench or in the South. ”
- Artur Davis- Copy
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“ Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court. ”
- Finley Peter Dunne- Copy
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“ Criminal court is where bad pople are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges In family court, where good people are at their worst. ”
- Richard Dooling- Copy
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“ This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ Court TV. I can't stop watching it. I am absolutely obsessed! If I'm not reading a book or spending time with my husband, my friends or my dog, I am watching Court TV. ”
- Debra Messing- Copy
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“ The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. ”
- Learned Hand- Copy
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“ INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of testimony which juries are supposed to be unfit to be entrusted with, and which judges, therefore, rule out, even of proceedings before themselves alone. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible because the person quoted was unsworn and is not before the court for examination; yet most momentous actions, military, political, commercial and of every other kind, are daily undertaken on hearsay evidence… ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court; our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted… ”
- Ecclesiastes- Copy
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“ I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system — that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up. ”
- Harper Lee- Copy
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“ I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going. ”
- Mary Pierce- Copy
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“ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. ”
- Norm Crosby- Copy
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“ The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself. ”
- Andre Malraux- Copy
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“ What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions. ”
- Walter Pater- Copy
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“ The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day. ”
- Malcolm De Chazal- Copy
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“ My girlfriend sleeps in a queen-sized bed and I sleep in a court jester-sized bed. ”
- Steven Wright- Copy
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“ It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.'. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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