Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Psalms 64:1 – Bible

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trial as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible of application. – Warren Earl Burger

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou has tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66:10 – Bible

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton