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The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.

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An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous. If its deployment does not rest on facts - cold, hard, solid facts, established either by admissions or by trials - it serves no lawful or moral purpose and is simply an engine of oppression.

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If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

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When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

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It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

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Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

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I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

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I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

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Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

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I have a past of making a fool of myself.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: August 1st, 1943

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