We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.
Date of birth: 1954-06-25
Quotes number: 17
Nationality: American
Profession: Judge
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.