Stephen Johnson Field Quote

When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.


Said while travelling to California, having been advised to arm himself while there (1889); reported in J.K. Hoyt, The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), p. 129.


When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.