“When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court.” FirstsDifferentSeeingCenturyNew YorkCourtLondonLeagueParisVitalityProgrammes Author:Thomas P. Campbell
“Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation, familiar with the working of the courts half a century after, find it difficult to believe that such abuses as are plainly described by the legislation of that year, should really have existed in the middle of the nineteenth century.” MenShouldYearsBelieveFactsDifficultHalfGenerationsMiddleCenturyAbuseCourtFamiliarReformLegislationTestimonyEffectivenessNineteenth CenturyHalf A Century Book:A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919 Source: A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919
“We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarLastsJusticePracticeCenturyArmyInstitutionsCourtCongressOilPolicemen Author:Gore Vidal
“We alter and customize the thing every century, every generation, every day - both in the courts and in our own homes. And marriage accepts our modifications gracefully. Marriage adapts, evolves and (in a manner that I find miraculous and kind of inspiring) somehow keeps chugging along.” KindHomeAcceptingGenerationsCenturyCourtEvolveMiraculousModification Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The public negotiations and secret intrigues of the English (Jews) and the French (Jews) have been employed for centuries in every court and country in Europe. Look back to the history of Spain, Holland, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, Italy and Turkey for the last hundred years...all the power of Europe will be continually maneuvering with us to work us into the real or imaginary balance of power.” YearsLooksHas BeensRealCountryLastsSecretCenturyBalanceHundredEuropeCourtJewRussiaGermanyImaginaryEmployedNegotiationIntrigueSpainTurkeysSwedenHollandDenmarkBalance Of PowerPrussia Author:John Adams