Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin Quotes

• The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives.

  Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

  Tyrants, Would Be, Lamps

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• The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators.

  Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

  Judging, England, Craftsman

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• The most important thing for a judge is - curiously enough - judgment.

  Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

  Umpires, Judging, Important

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