“Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. Equality of rights is a peculiar feature of democracies. These rights are properly divided into civil and political, though even these definitions are not to be taken as absolute, or as literally exact.” MenMayLawIndividualSocialCommunityClassRightsConditionsMilitaryDutyCivilizationEqualPrivilegeAbsenceCivil RightsDefinedDependentBelongingDividedEstatesTaxationJuryLiableImmunityImpositionMilitary ServiceExemptionJury Duty Author:James F. Cooper
“In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensNationsRightsInstitutionsJury Book:Trial by fire: the true story of a woman's ordeal at the hands of the law Source: Trial by fire: the true story of a woman's ordeal at the hands of the law
“If we want to avoid a clash of cultures - and the jury is still out on whether we can - we'll have to make different cultures and religions compatible with the universal nature of human rights and tolerance. But I can promise you this: Anyone who calls me an infidel at the conference will be in for a fight.” IfsWantHumansStillsI CanDifferentCultureFightingRightsPromiseUniversalHuman RightsToleranceCall MeConferencesJuryClashCompatibleDifferent CulturesInfidelCulture And Religion Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land and not by the law of nations.” FirstsMatterFactsLawForceNationsRightsLandEternalStandingArmyBillsPressesAddProtectionAidsTrialsProvidingMonopolyRestrictionJuryMatter Of FactBill Of RightsFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionOmissionCorpusTrial By JuryHabeas Corpus Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.” RightsBillsNotionTrialsInnocentGuiltyProvenJuryBill Of RightsTrial By Jury Author:Joe Biden