Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Revolution
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Justice
category

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. – Edmund Burke

Category:
Justice

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Justice

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

Category:
Justice

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. – Alice Stone Blackwell

Category:
Justice

Random Quotes

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. – Josiah Bailey

Category:
Forgiveness

Education! Why say it is a stimulant when it is really an anaesthetic? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Education

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isnt worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because its life or death. – Morgan Freeman

Category:
Death

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. – L. Frank Baum

Category:
Imagination