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Quotes About Justice

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
~ Warren E. Burger
Public trials are very unsupervised and extremely swift and speak to the most primordial parts of us.
~ Tobias Forge
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.
~ Tammy Bruce
I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
~ Vincent Bugliosi
We should not televise trials. There's only one purpose for a criminal trial. It's to determine whether or not the defendant committed the crime. Anything that interferes or has the potential of interfering with that should automatically be prohibited.
~ Vincent Bugliosi
In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true.
~ Simon Greenleaf
Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.
~ Shirin Ebadi
I hope people think about the way trials go today, with the justice system overwhelmed by cases.
~ Glenne Headly
I realise I'm known for doing big, very serious cases, but fundamentally, any lawyer will tell you that even the most complex trials come down to the same questions. Are people telling porky pies? Are bank accounts dodgy? Is someone trying to get one over on you? It's my job to listen and then decide.
~ Robert Rinder
I think trials are inherently dramatic and interesting and are always going to be part of the news.
~ Jeffrey Toobin
One of the many important roles of the Department of Justice is to represent the United States in civil and criminal trials.
~ Tommy Tuberville
I love my play 'The Trials and Tribulations Of A Trailer Trash Housewife' because I get these letters from all of these women who literally have left their spouses who were abusing them. You know, I'm just breaking up marriages right and left. But, that need to be broken up.
~ Del Shores
I haven't mentioned another argument, The Hague tribunal. It is clear our generals and all of you who are sitting here now with me could end up there, too.
~ Franjo Tudjman
The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.
~ Warren Christopher
The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity.
~ Anthony Lewis
There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.
~ Saddam Hussein
I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again.
~ Tony Greig
I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have access to a fair trial and an impartial tribunal.
~ Maria Cantwell
Our true nature is one of innocence and freedom to choose how we live. We need to be brave enough not to give that away. Don't give up on your right to, and sense of, TRUTH, Justice, and GRACE.
~ Jay Woodman
Truth and justice are commonly found in the personality of the paranoid delusional
~ Russian, Unknown
Just because you support equal rights doesn't mean you are a feminist.
~ Hunter Avallone
Karma: The delusion of the pretentious who think the Universe should act as their debt collector.
~ Steve Maraboli
Being broken is to try break a law
~ Sunday Adelaja
As per the law of karma, that which is your meat today, this dear beloved animal will make mincemeat of you tomorrow. In another birth.
~ Fakeer Ishavardas