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“The verdict of the world is conclusive.”
III, 24
Contra epistulam Parmeniani
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Securus iudicat orbis terrarum.
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Hans Keller, discussing the then-new group Pink Floyd, The Look of the Week, BBC TV, May 1967.

“Sentence first; verdict afterwards." -Queen of Hearts”

“Place nothing above the verdict of your own mind.”

Quoted in "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal" - Page 203 - Nuremberg, Germany - 1947

“Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.”

On the Last Day
Context: "And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud in great power and majesty" Luke, xxi. 27.
Thus, my beloved friends, shall the revolutions and kingdoms of this world be brought to a conclusion for ever. Thus shall end all the earthly pursuits which either amused us by their novelty, or seduced us by their charms. Thus shall the Son of Man come. Thus shall be ushered in the great day of his manifestation, the beginning of his reign, the complete redemption of his mystical body. On this day the consciences of all mankind shall be exposed to view a day of calamity and despair to the sinner, but of peace, joy, and consolation to the just. On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.

On Nikita Khrushchev as quoted in The Times [London] (4 October 1960)

“You are now to retire, as indeed should I, carefully to consider your verdict of "Not Guilty".”
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)