Jury Quotes - page 2

That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man bath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. (George Mason)
Those in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. View quote
George Mason
One mechanism of repression is the grand jury. View quote
Michael Parenti
But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-judging, it has no reason to exist at all - or is not even possible. The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance. View quote
Phillip Guston
An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line. View quote
Jack McDevitt
The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do. View quote
Bernard Bailyn
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. View quote
Martha Beck
Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out. View quote
Martin Seligman
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? View quote
Stephen Ambrose
There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the right language to convince the right jury that my client is either innocent or that the opposition is guilty. View quote
Frank Luntz
I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write. (David O. Russell)
The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here. View quote
Antonio Villaraigosa
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! View quote
David Josiah Brewer
A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested. View quote
Edmund Barton
One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one. View quote
Jeremy Sumpter
Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed. View quote
Johnny Kelly
I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. View quote
Joseph Wambaugh
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be. View quote
Josh Radnor
I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently. View quote
Kevin B. Rollins
I have great faith in the jury system. View quote
Judge Mills Lane
The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important. (Ken Starr)
We look in... Germany for a superstar. We began with 10,000 people, which applied. From these 10,000, 100 was selected. The jury is unbelievably competent. View quote
Michelle Hunziker
There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members had confessed to two other people, and those people, I'm sure, will be called as witnesses, as they were at the grand jury. View quote
Patty Hearst
Family occasions have always given Janice some pain, assembling like a grim jury these people to whom we owe something, first our parents and elders and then our children and their children. One of the things she and Harry secretly had in common, beneath all their troubles, was dislike of all that, these expected ceremonies. View quote
John Updike
Chilcot will not be a verdict, that much is clear. However, it could still supply the damning evidence for the jury to bring a conviction in. In a triumph of hope over experience my political sense tells me to expect fireworks. View quote
Alex Salmond