JUDGMENT

JUDGMENT - 1

“There is only one who is Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy.  But you, who are you to be judging your neighbor?” – Disciple James – James 4:12The HOLY SCRIPTURES

There is little room left for wisdom when one is full of judgment. – Malcolm Hein

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. – Voltaire

As long as the house of the Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals, the reputation of the church will remain in ruins. – Sinead O’Connor

Without forgiveness there is no future. – Desmond Tutu

Get some facts first.  You can distrust them later. – Mark Twain

Whoever sets himself up as a Judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. – Albert Einstein

“The wolves became lambs.  Such transformations occur in last agonies of life.  However different and imperfect the various sketches of religion are, even when belief is shapeless—there is a trembling of the soul.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance. – Herbert Spencer

The tyrant dies and his rule is over.  The martyr dies and his rule begins. – Soren Kierkegaard

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you can say can and will be used against in court.  You have the right to consult with an attorney and have an attorney present during questioning.  If you cannot afford an attorney, one can be provided for you at no cost. – MIRANDA RIGHTS – (Quoted daily every time an arrest is made in the U.S.A.)

99% of the Lawyers give the rest a bad name. – Larry the Cable Guy            

I desire to go to Hell, not to Heaven.  In Hell I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, but in Heaven are only beggars, hermits, monks and apostles. – Niccolò Machiavelli

Whenever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. – Heinrich Heine

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. – Edmund Burke

When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. – Viktor Frankl                                  

No! – Probably the most used quote in human history

The most destructive criticism is indifference. – Edward W. Howe

JUDGMENT - 2

“Because sentence against a bad deed has not been executed speedily, the heart of men becomes emboldened to do bad.” – Solomon – Eccl. 8:11The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Self-righteousness allows us to judge everyone by our own standards. – Michael Henry (Traveling minister)

Classic European anti-Semitism was based more on the idea that Jews had killed Christ and were engaged in anti-European philosophy and financial conspiracy than on any measurable harm to Europe.  No one could point to any Jewish massacres of Christians. – Thomas Keneally – SCHLINDLER’S LIST - Author

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. – George Bernard Shaw

Good judgment comes from experience, and most experiences come from bad judgment.– Will Rogers

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. – Helen Keller

Misery has to hide itself in silence—or it becomes treason. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

There are two ways to slide easily through life—to believe everything, or to doubt everything.  Both ways save us from thinking. – Alfred Korzybski

Of all religions, the Christian should, of course, inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. – Voltaire

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi    

Some say baseball is our national sport.  Not me.  It’s gossip. – Erma Bombeck

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light. – Socrates

This would be a good day to put on my tombstone: “Wherever she went, it was against my better judgment.” – Dorothy Parker               

“I know a way out of hell.  Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed, a little boy about this high, and raise him as your own. Only be sure he is a Muslim, and raise him as one.” – Ben Kingsley as Gandhi to a Hindu murderer. – GANDHI –John Briley (Screenplay)

We have so many people who can’t see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one. – Ronald Reagen

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“Stop judging that you may not be judged: for with the judgment you are judging, you will be judged, and with the measure you are measuring out, they will measure out to you.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 7:1,2 – Apostle Matthew – HOLY SCRIPTURES

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. – Aristotle

To remember is to understand.  I have never forgotten it.  A good judge remembers what it was like to be a good lawyer.  A good editor remembers being a writer.  A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child. – Anna Quindlen – THINKING OUT LOUD

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Grief is an examination.  There is no judge so searching as conscience conducting its own trial. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion. – Alexander Chase

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire

Be curious, not judgmental. – Walt Whitman

The underlying responsibility of the Holocaust lies not with Europe as Thomas Kennealy asserts, it lies with the churches—yes, organized religion—because they failed teach and to act on the truth.  They turned their backs on what was really happening.  They could have helped prevent it in the first place. – Gary Pulliam

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln

People are getting smart nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. – Will Rogers

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt

Never book a judge by his color. – Unknown

Give me six lines about the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in those to condemn them to the gallows. – Cardinal De Richelieu

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. – Martin Luther King Jr.      

We judge others by their behavior.  We judge ourselves by our intentions. – Ian Percy

A man is not a good one or a bad one for one action. – Thomas Fuller

JUDGMENT - 4

“If you see any oppression of the poor and a violation of justice and righteousness in your district, do not be surprised about the matter.  For that high official is being watched by one who is higher than he is, and there are others who are still higher than them.” – King Solomon – Eccl: 5: 8The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Justice delayed is justice denied. – William E. Gladstone

Anger is not only inevitable, it is necessary. Its absence means indifference, the most disastrous of all human failings. – Arthur Ponsomby

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about them. – Napoleon Hill

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have done. – Henry W. Longfellow

Revenge is an act of passion, vengeance of justice.  Injuries are revenged; crime is avenged. – Samuel Johnson

The average man’s judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. – Ed.  W. Howe

It is essential to employ, trust and reward those whose perspective, ability and judgment are radically different from yours.  It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance and wisdom. – Dee Hock

Don’t judge a man’s wealth or his godliness by his Sunday appearance. – Benjamin Franklin

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. – Sally Field

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union.  As I have not felt, so I have not expected any harsh sentiment toward our Southern brethren.  I have constantly declined, as I really believe, the only difference between them and us is the difference in circumstances. – Abraham Lincoln

Be wise to the other people, if you can, but don’t tell them so. – Lord Chesterfield

We are more casual about qualifying who we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians. – (Former Justice) Warren E. Burger

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. – James Baldwin

Peace is more important than justice, and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. – Martin Luther

JUDGMENT - 5

When you get a certain age, a juicy lawsuit is the only thing that gets you up in the morning. – Gore Vidal

Sometimes we are judged by our good intentions, but we are really judged by our last bad act. – Michael Josephson

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