
“Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.”
Newsweek, 1978-02-20
Handwriten message on Elvis' King James -Bible
“Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.”
Newsweek, 1978-02-20
“The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.”
Source: Bloodfever
Address to a new ambassador of New Zealand to the Holy See, 25 May 2000
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2000/apr-jun/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000525_ambassador-new-zealand_en.html
“One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.”
Source: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams: Volumes 1-4, Diary (1755-1804) and Autobiography
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Il est encore plus facile de juger de l'esprit d'un homme par ses questions que par ses réponses. (It is easier to judge the mind of a man by his questions rather than his answers) — Pierre-Marc-Gaston, duc de Lévis (1764-1830), Maximes et réflexions sur différents sujets de morale et de politique (Paris, 1808): Maxim xviii
Misattributed
40 Philip
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
“The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.”
Identity
One Minute Wisdom (1989)