Cheer up, the worst is yet to come

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A good judge doesn't know the strength of the plaintiff's case until he's heard the...

A good judge doesn't know the strength of the plaintiff's case until he's heard the...

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract...

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract...

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be...

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be...

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be,...

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be,...

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

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

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

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is...

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is...

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.