Top 1200 Good Judges Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges.

"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.

When you are different, that can lead to judges not marking you right because they think you look 'odd' - and that's in any competition.

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.

All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.

I still got a lot of grudges, it's high time we take out some judges.

Threats to the rule of law come not only from rioters and looters in the streets, but also from activist judges on the bench.

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

I did my first set at a talent show, and I couldn't finish because the judges didn't like my jokes. They were 'offensive.'

The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.

As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.

At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.

Blue slips enable home-state senators to ensure that the federal judges serving in their states are highly qualified.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

We should let people elect judges based on their experience and ability to do the job, not which party they pick.

I'm in my best moment, seven straight wins, five by submission, two by knockout. I don't ever leave it in the hands of the judges.

It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges.

God judges men according to the use they make of the light which He gives them.

the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny.

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case with fidelity to the law and the Constitution.

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.

Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices.

Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.

There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible.

Politicians must let voters know what they think about issues before the election. Judges should not.

Independent judges have always frustrated governments that don't see why unelected arbiters of the law should stand in their way.

My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.

The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of operas make the hearer a musician, but good judges of music and painting may so be formed. Chess differs from these. The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.

I'm one of three judges on 'MasterChef' with Gordon Ramsay, but I don't want my own show. I'm kind of used to the sidekick gig.

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.

Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.

... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books--with one hand.

The U.S.S.R. was a totalitarian state in which judges and prosecutors were controlled by the ruling party. The result was injustice, oppression and corruption.

Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.

The extent to which lawyers and judges are interfering in politics is something that concerns many people.

Those who never sail stormy waters are the quickest and harshest judges of bad seamanship.

Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.

In order to provide for their independence, the Constitution made judges of the superior courts immune from removal except by impeachment.

The judges say, make it your own, so I just remixed a song if I felt like the piece needed it

The problem was to get judges who were not afraid to prosecute Saddam despite intimidation and threats.

Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators.

Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves.

The punishment of death is the war of a nation against a citizen whose destruction it judges to be necessary or useful.

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn't mean they can score a fight, you'd still end up with debate and opinion.

One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations.

The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

As a general rule, I do not think judges should consider current societal preferences when ruling on constitutional challenges.

Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.