48 Quotes by Warren E. Burger

The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to discover a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing.

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an expectation that society is prepared to honor.

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet . . . to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.