#courts

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward. ↗

— Charles Edison

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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. ↗

— Joseph Story

#entirely #integrity #justice #less #personal

No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

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I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

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Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#day #go #hall #just #juvenile

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#court #courts #higher #justice #other

From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've taken them on everything from clay courts to cement to wood floors, coming off pianos, going out a two-story window, landing on Dean, falling into the rough. You do that and you're gonna have problems. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#cement #clay #comedians #coming #courts

I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#covering #criminal #i #like #murder

It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. ↗

— Rod Parsley

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