#judges

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#be true #compassion #despair #faith #generals

We do not judge great art. It judges us. ↗

— Caroline Gordon

#do not judge #great #great art #judge #judges

We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe. ↗

— Alfred Kinsey

#describe #facts #judges #recorders #reporters

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas. ↗

— David Wilkerson

#astray #being #change #constitution #defying

At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat. ↗

— William Henry Moody

#care #chief #chief justice #compliments #conclusion

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bureaucrats #congressmen #definition #engineering #federal

Judges should interpret the law, not make it. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#judges #law #make #should

There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are mentally ill. To be able to talk to each of those people is something that I've had to learn how to do over the years. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#also #congregation #congressmen #each #federal

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#approach #congress #determine #does #heart

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#confirmed #getting #help #i #i think