Mark Twain Quote

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. A thing which is not thoroughly easy to do, when we reflect that by command of the law a criminal juror must be an intellectual vacuum, attached to a melting heart and perfectly macaronian bowels of compassion.


Everyone's Mark Twain (ed. 1972)


The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. ...

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. ...

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. ...

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. ...