166 Quotes About Justice-system

The law. we are told, is what makes us men under God instead of beasts in the ditch

I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves us of the cognitive dissonance of being black and innocent, and in a way the prospect of going to jail becomes a relief.

Well, did he do it?"She always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms of the strategy of the case whether the defendant "did it" or not. What mattered was the evidence against him -- the proof -- and if and how it could be neutralized. My job was to bury the proof, to color the proof a shade of gray. Gray was the color of reasonable doubt.

You were guilty until you proved yourself innocent, and the government’s idea of justice was to decide you were guilty first and then lock you up so you couldn’t prepare a defense, let alone pay for one.

When you become bipolar you break things that you can't later fix.

People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others’ needs more highly than their own.

A traitor to both sides, the ultimate asshole…

Your friends dress like your enemies, and your enemies dress like your friends.

A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.