Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.

As long as we can get redress in the courts, as long as the laws shall be honestly administered, as long as honesty and intelligence sit upon the bench, as long as intelligence sits in the chairs of jurors, this country will stand, the law will be enforced, and the law will be respected.

Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly.

It is true that no man is above the law but neither should any man be asked to break the law in order to buy his freedom.

It is as much the duty of government to render prompt justice against itself, in favor of citizens, as it is to administer the same between private individuals.

In the criminal justice community, as a judge, being tough is not enough. You have to be fair.

The administration of justice was swift and unvexed by nuance.

I simply apply the law fairly and equally to all our citizens.

Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.

I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.'

A judge is supposed to have empathy for no one but simply to follow the law.

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.

I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.

A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge... stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands.

This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.

Nobody stands above the law.

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.

My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor.

But I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best result in every case.

Good judges do not side with anyone. They rule impartially and blindly based upon the law.

At the end of the day, the law is the same for the Prime Minister or a common man of India.

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

Nobody, no family, is above the law.

Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.

A judge may never subvert the law or twist it in any way to match the judge's convictions.