A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

Quote by Warren E Burger

Topics: Consequences Quotes, Judgement Quotes, Poverty Quotes

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in...

However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in...

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case...

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

There can be no assumption that today's majority is ight and the Amish and others...

There can be no assumption that today's majority is ight and the Amish and others...

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has...

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has...

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial...

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands...

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

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

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers....

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers....

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit...

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...