Impartial Quotations

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.

I really am not going to get involved in a discussion about the legal position of the Iraq war. I am not the person to do that because I am not sufficiently impartial as a lawyer about this, because it's a matter that is of interest to the person that I am closest to in the world.

Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most are bad. But there must be a transparent, impartial and fair system to judge those that engage in criminal or unethical acts.

The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.

I don't feel that the jurors were fair and impartial when you go in to deliberations saying things like, 'If the rest of his cronies are guilty and they can go to jail why can't he?' I mean, things like that were said.

When this is over, the important thing will be whether we can say that we rendered impartial justice.

Given credible claims from observer groups and the opposition political parties, there must be an impartial judicial process.

Given credible claims from observer groups and the opposition, there must be an impartial judicial process. An independent assessment of the facts and a prompt analysis of the legality of the events are essential to maintain citizens' faith in the electoral process.

Ghana embarked on independence as one of the richest tropical countries in the world, with an efficient civil service, an impartial judiciary and a prosperous middle class.

BBC Persian.com is a major source of news for Iranians, and has the biggest impact of any online site or newspaper in Persian. We are very concerned at this action and regret that it deprives a great number of ordinary Iranians of a trusted source of impartial and editorially independent news and information.

I am fully committed to thorough and impartial investigations that examine the role, commissions and omissions of the entire chain of command, and that includes me.

He did what a judge should do, not give any indication on any specific case or how he might look at that because if he does, he's not going to be the impartial arbiter a judge should be,

He will be the consummate impartial jurist. He will bend over backward to be extremely fair to both sides.

He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the voters that he can be both.

Please, as many as possible come to join force to ask His Majesty to give us an impartial government.

My worry is this: It's the fox guarding the henhouse. Objective, impartial parties should be making these decisions. Not a pro-death penalty U.S. attorney general.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to make impartial and unbiased judgments in my field of work.

Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense.

will make every effort by conducting an impartial inquiry with a view to bringing to justice those responsible.

We aren't here to throw any vendor under the bus or to sing their praises. We're not pointing fingers at anyone saying they didn't interpret the spec right. Nor do we try to push services down their necks. We are impartial and that has resonated well. We are able to speak through some of the positive and negative scenarios we have seen, which leads people to ask questions about solving the problems.

When it comes to the integrity of baseball, an impartial independent investigation is called for. Baseball must confront its problems head on.

We are taking every step necessary to ensure we have an independent, impartial review of the issues at hand. At this time the incident appears to be isolated to one individual examiner, but we want to take every step necessary to make certain that is the case.

We call on the Ethiopian government to halt the police violence and set up an independent and impartial commission of inquiry.

There exists in Travis County so great a prejudice against me that I cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial,

We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.

We're not going to sacrifice a thorough or impartial investigation just to make sure we do it prior to the start of the tournament. But obviously, that's the goal.

Due process hearings are presided over by an impartial hearing officer.

The government's conduct coupled with the widespread national media attention this case has received confirms that the defendants could not have a fair trial with an impartial jury anywhere in the United States.

These contacts call into question whether the reports ... are really independent, impartial assessments of Microsoft's technical documentation, or instead are argumentative tracts developed for the Commission with the assistance of Microsoft's competitors.

These contacts call into question whether the reports are really independent, impartial assessments of Microsoft's technical documentation, or instead are argumentative tracts developed for the Commission with the assistance of Microsoft's competitors.

What the U.S. government should do is grant them freedom immediately, ... If they want to accuse them of something else, then accuse them, present evidence, and search for an impartial tribunal.

This office has, for several months, been conducting an exhaustive investigation, in light of new evidence, to determine the facts, ... All these painstaking steps are necessary if we are to provide answers to the defendants and the victims, their families and all New Yorkers. This investigation will be fair, impartial and complete.

ready to enter into bilateral negotiations, as well as utilize any of the other peaceful means for impartial settlement of disputes.

After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth.

Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs.

Praag would be playing the role of a facilitator or a peace broker and he is expected to submit a list of independent proposals to resolve the problem in fresh talks next month. The proposals may not be acceptable to us or to the Indian government, but his impartial role we believe could bring in positive results and also help patching up differences between our group and New Delhi.

I have very little confidence that any state court is an objective and impartial tribunal for deciding this case.

I'm really impartial to what the University is doing. It is important, but no one is going to forget it.

I just want to be part of a fair and impartial commission board.

Absorbed in Brahman, the serene one neither grieves nor desires; becoming impartial to all beings, one obtains My supreme devotion.

It's unconscionable for Sutter to remain on a collision course with an open-ended strike when a reasonable alternative has been recommended by an impartial mediator,

The bottom line is you want to try to ensure a fair trial by an impartial jury. Any time the public is exposed to a prior criminal record, as they have in this case, you have to worry about that.

The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence involved, and decide if evidence supported the filing of any criminal charges against Darren Wilson. They accepted and completed this monumental responsibility in a conscientious and expeditious manner.

The findings in the report have been largely discredited because he was not an impartial party and because so much more information has come out.

A judge's decision is to be to be fair, impartial and not according to a whim or fear of the latest opinion poll,

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a complete and impartial review of the evidence reveals that the president did in fact commit perjury before the grand jury.

It's obvious that these people knew the governor, have strong feelings toward him. That, in itself, renders their ability to be impartial in question.

It only means that there is need for an impartial and independent investigation.

We are very concerned at this action and regret that it deprives a great number of ordinary Iranians of a trusted source of impartial and editorially independent news and information.

Beijing should authorize a full and impartial investigation into the involvement of local authorities in the blood scandal and hold those responsible accountable.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial