Court Cases Quotes

• Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Police, Wish, Research

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• While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.

  Julian Assange

  Adversity, Loss, Fire

  "'We Believe in What We're Doing'". Interview with Michael Sontheimer, www.spiegel.de. September 30, 2016.

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• If we cover a court case involving a murderer, we would still seek out the side of that murderer, even as we realize that what people say is going to be self-serving.

  Rukmini Maria Callimachi

  Self, People, Sides

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The breakup of my first marriage was my first failure; I had to learn to accept that and support the people involved. The court case brought against me by three of the band was awful, but learning how to let it go, move on, and come back together as friends and creative partners was a life lesson above any other.

  Gary Kemp

  Breakup, Life Lesson, Moving

  "Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp: Letting go of bad experiences and having OCD". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 22, 2015.

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• Among the most famous of these Supreme Court cases of exercise of political power I believe are the cases of Roe V. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, two 1973 cases based on false statements which created a constitutional right to abortion.

  Sam Brownback

  Believe, Exercise, Two

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Our [Russia]documents have gone on to be used in quite a number of court cases: refugee cases of people fleeing some kind of claimed political persecution in Russia, which they use our documents to back up.

  Julian Assange

  Russia, Numbers, People

  Source: www.zerohedge.com

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• People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.

  Pete Rozelle

  Football, Emotional, Oasis

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• Money made me evil, court cases got me stressed Niggaz aimin at my head but I still wear my vest.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Evil, Stressed

  Song: Homeboyz

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• What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this, no statute from Congress or the state legislatures. It was accomplished in a private corporate decision. The banks just did it.

  Christopher Peterson

  Real, Decision, Democracy

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• I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Successful, Trials, Lost

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• Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right to self defense, in accordance with the Supreme Court case, D.C. vs. Heller, which affirmed that the statutes under which I am being charged are unconstitutional and thus null and void, and on behalf of all freedom loving Americans, I plead not guilty.

  Adam Kokesh

  Marine, Self, United States

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• The FBI wants Apple to write software code to help it break into the iPhone. Apple doesn't want to say this. Andrew Crocker, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, a digital civil rights group, says the government can't make you say what you don't believe. He looks to a Supreme Court case that began in New Hampshire.

  Laura Sydell

  Believe, Writing, Iphone

  "Apple's First Amendment Argument". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. February 26, 2016.

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• However, for story reasons, we needed to represent them in certain ways. One of the things that sort of blew me away that I didn't know when we started is that memories are completely susceptible to change. And this is, you know, one of the many reasons why certain people are trying to get it taken out - eyewitness testimony in court cases because it's very unreliable.

  Pete Docter

  Memories, Taken, People

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• To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em.

  Ted Nugent

  Children, Gun, Guy

  "Ted Nugent’s Racist Spectacle at Texas Governor’s Inaugural Ball", www.motherjones.com. January 19, 2007.

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• The president typically never does comment on anything involving the Supreme Court cases, Supreme Court ruling, or Supreme Court finding, typically.

  Ari Fleischer

  President, Doe, Court

  "CNN Reliable Surces", www.cnn.com. June 1, 2003.

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• You really don't want to go to court and have the judge decide based on whether or not they're your friend, because you don't want to be thinking that the (judge's) friend is on the other side (of the court case).

  Steven Pacey

  Thinking, Judging, Want

  Source: www.paxtonrecord.net

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• The founding American generations did something that almost no others have ever done. They read the fine print! They taught their children to read bills, laws, court cases, legislative debates, executive decrees, and bureaucratic policies. They read them in schoolrooms and at home....They said they would consider their children uneducated if they didn't read such things.

  Oliver DeMille

  Children, Home, Law

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