Legal Quotes
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor – Quotes
“The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.” “If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some […]
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Quotes
“You have to fight every day to protect the rights and opportunities of women and minorities.” “Let me suggest that in any case in which a minority group feels severely aggrieved and desperate enough to turn to violence, society as a whole bears the blame.” “The freedom of speech…is one of the great bulwarks of […]
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Fali S. Nariman – Quotes
1. About Fali S. Nariman Fali S. Nariman (1929–2024) was a distinguished Indian jurist and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. With a legal career spanning over seven decades, he was one of India’s most respected constitutional lawyer, widely regarded as one of the finest legal minds in the country. He was awarded […]
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Law Quotes – Mahatma Gandhi
“There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.” “Facts mean truth, and once we adhere to truth, the law comes to our aid naturally.” “In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.” “An unjust law is itself […]
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Top Quotes – Simone Weil – French Philosopher
“Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense consists in the ability to choose.” “Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot […]
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Quotes
“So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.”~ Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”~ Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “My mother told me to be a lady. […]
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Adverse Inference – John H. Wigmore – Quote
“It has always been understood – the inference, indeed, is one of the simplest in human experience – that a party’s falsehood or other fraud in the preparation and presentation of his cause, his fabrication or suppression of evidence by bribery or spoliation, and all similar conduct is receivable against him as an indication of […]