Judges should decide legal disputes. Judges should not make law.
- Joseph Wapner
Law, Legal, Should, Disputes
People think I'm kind and considerate and that I listen and evaluate and give each party a chance to talk. The public's perception of judges seems to be improving because of what I'm doing, and that makes me happy.
- Joseph Wapner
Doing, Think, Give, Judges
I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I want to educate people on the basics of the law.
- Joseph Wapner
Law, Process, Basics, Educate
I realized that a great deal of life is exactly and precisely about being able to feel pain: my own and other people's.
- Joseph Wapner
Pain, Deal, Other, Great Deal
When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.'
- Joseph Wapner
Beginning, Bench, Pad, Restraint
People say, 'I'm only suing for the principle of the thing,' and I reply that I can't give you principle - only money.
- Joseph Wapner
Give, Say, Principle, Reply
Sometimes I don't even deliberate. I just decide from the bench, it's so obvious. The beautiful part is that I have carte blanche.
- Joseph Wapner
Bench, Sometimes, Part, Carte
I was the only Jew who'd ever been elected, and I don't know when there'll be another.
- Joseph Wapner
Been, Elected, Ever, Jew
I'm just an ordinary judge from California.
- Joseph Wapner
Judge, California, Just, Ordinary
I'm not an actor; I'm a judge.
- Joseph Wapner
Actor, Judge
A judge is not a god or a king. He has the last word most of the time, but sometimes, one makes mistakes.
- Joseph Wapner
King, Last, Most, Judge
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