Harold H. Greene Quotes & Sayings
28 most famous Harold H. Greene quotes and sayings (judge). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.”
“The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.”
“The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'”
“Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.”
“Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!”
“The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.”
“I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night.”
“Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.”
“I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.”
“The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.”
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