#verdict

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#call #certain #dangerous #description #give

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict. ↗

— Jonathan King

#accuser #adverse #anonymity #fair #guaranteed

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence. ↗

— Leonard Peikoff

#evidence #his #man #must #own

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#arrested #ask #carried #deciding #had

The verdict of the world is conclusive. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#verdict #world

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#beds #every #fate #men #piety

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. ↗

— Voltaire

#guilt #innocence #judgment #justice #mercy

I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to break. The time trap had snapped shut. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#break #day #either #even #feared

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#caused #king #los #los angeles #riots

After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes. ↗

— John Owen

#causes #evidence #hearing #i #natural