#Impartiality Quotes

“The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.... We must be impartial in thought as well as in actiona nationthat neither sits in judgment upon others nor is disturbed in her own counsels and which keeps herself fit and free to do what is honest and disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world.”

“The earth does not argue, Is not pathetic, has no arrangements, Does not scream, haste, persuade, threaten, promise, Makes no discriminations, has no conceivable failures, Closes nothing, refuses nothing, shuts none out.”

“Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free from any suspicion of improper action on partisan or factional grounds, so that there shall be gradually a growth, even though a slow growth, in the knowledge that the Federal courts and the representatives of the Federal Department of Justice insist on meting out even-handed justice to all.”

“Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.”

“It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”

“If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.”

“I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one so and so because he is a Republican. It is shameful. The Judges have the Constitution for their guidance; they have no right to any politics save the politics of rigid right and justice when they are sitting in judgment upon the great matters that come before them.”

“The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.”

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”

“Love transcends all animosity and is never partial.”

“I can promise to be sincere, but I cannot promise to be impartial.”

“Justice is impartiality. Only strangers are impartial.”

“The sun shines upon good and bad alike.”

“A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias.The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.”

“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”

“The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied”

“The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.”

“The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.”

“In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.”

“The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.”

“A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”

“It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.”