Quotes of Tribunal - somelinesforyou

“ There's a new tribunal now higher than God's — the educated man's! ”

- Robert Browning

“ For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great. ”

- Abe Fortas

“ The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Chance favors only those who court her. ”

- Charles Nicolle

“ There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. ”

- Richard Dawkins

“ Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments. ”

- Alan Young

“ Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination. ”

- Immanuel Kant

“ There's a new tribunal now higher than God's — the educated man's! ”

- Robert Browning

“ For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great. ”

- Abe Fortas

“ The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Chance favors only those who court her. ”

- Charles Nicolle

“ There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. ”

- Richard Dawkins

“ Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments. ”

- Alan Young

“ Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination. ”

- Immanuel Kant
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