Barack Obama Quotes

The Judge should be quick of perception; firm of purpose, clear in judgment, lenient in the infliction of penalties; assiduous in the practice of mercy; expeditious in the vindication of the innocent: clement in his treatment of criminals; careful of the rights of the stranger; gentle toward his countrymen. He should be no respecter of (important) persons, and should avoid all appearance of partiality.

A judge who likes every opinion he reaches is a bad judge.

I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one so and so because he is a Republican. It is shameful. The Judges have the Constitution for their guidance; they have no right to any politics save the politics of rigid right and justice when they are sitting in judgment upon the great matters that come before them.

The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments.

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.

The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.

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

If Justice is pictured blindfold, it is because she judges causes, not men, and not because the prime faculty of an arbitrator is lack of discernment.

No man can be judge to his own cause.

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible of the guidance of suitors.

Every man may think his own cause just till it be heard and judged.

The law is agnostic about truth.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.

I am very concerned that judges be able to render decisions without fear of retribution.

A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.

Do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

Judges shall judge justly, according to the written law and not according to their own judgment.

A fair judicial system takes time to work.

If it can be thought that a Supreme Court Justice can be bought so cheap then the nation is really in trouble.

We do not sit like a kadi under a tree dispensing justice according to considerations of individual expediency

The administration of justice was swift and unvexed by nuance.