25 result(s) for World Class Judges Quotes.
"Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building; it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is one of the ends for which our whole constitutional system is established; it is a principle woven into the very fabric of our Nation."
"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."
"Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances."
"The judiciary's power to construe the laws is seldom questioned, yet it is the Court's duty to confine itself to the question before it."
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
"The Constitution is not a living organism. It is a legal document that says some very important things. We should read it as it is, and not as we might like it to be."
"The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. It is the one that casting the burden of decision on the people, not the state, respects their dignity as free thinkers and actors."
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"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is."
"The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic."
"If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold."
"The future of this nation does not depend on the actions of the powerful, but on the choices of everyday people."
"The law is reason free from passion."
"A judge is not supposed to be partisan. A judge is supposed to be fair."
"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."
"The Court has no right to consider what is wise policy on the part of government."
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."
"The Constitution is a restraint upon the power of the government, not upon the people."
"The duty of a judge is to try to find the applicable rule, but if no applicable rule exists, to fashion one."
"Fairness is what justice really is."
"If judges don't make law, who does?"
"The Court's authority—possessed of neither the purse nor the sword—ultimately rests on sustained public confidence in its moral sanction."
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"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
"Where law ends, tyranny begins."
"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom."
"Let justice be done, though the heavens fall."
