Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-12-05 Dec 5, 2001They call it the Halls of Justice because the only place you get justice is in the halls.~ Lenny BruceIt takes a very long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.~ Alice Koller Dec 4, 2001Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.~ Abraham Lincoln Dec 3, 2001When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.~ Jessica MitfordJudges ... rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.~ Justice Warren E. Burger Nov 30, 2001[The prison guards are] capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while.~ Jean HarrisI can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.~ Jimmy Hoffa Nov 29, 2001Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.~ Phil OchsThis world is the prison of the believers and the paradise of the unbelievers.~ Islamic Proverb Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print