Political Quotes

George Boutwell: “It is too much to assume that an advocate can in a moment transform himself into an impartial judge.”

On the record
It is too much to assume that an advocate can in a moment transform himself into an impartial judge.
Said by
George Boutwell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Boutwell argues that an advocate cannot easily switch roles to become an impartial judge.

Share

More from George Boutwell

By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.

gutenberg.org

President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.

gutenberg.org

By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.

gutenberg.org

If the negroes in America are entitled to freedom from a state of subserviency, are not the colored races in the Philippines entitled to freedom, and that whether they are under the Constitution or beyond its jurisdiction?

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation