"The jury system puts a ban upon..." - Quote by Mark Twain
The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.
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“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”
“I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.”
“The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”
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“So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.”
“Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.”
“Equity sends questions to Law. Law sends questions back to equity; Law finds it can't do this, equity finds it can't do that; neither can do anything, without this solicitor instructing and this counsel appearing for A, and that solicitor instructing & that counsel appearing for B.”
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“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.”
“Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.”
“You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.”