Edward Gibbon Quotes about Judging

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[The] discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny . . .

[The] discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny . . .

Edward Gibbon

Judging, Firsts, Tyranny

Edward Gibbon (1837). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.742

A sentence of death and infamy was often founded on the slight and suspicious evidence of a child or a servant: the guilt [of the defendant] was presumed by the judges [due to the nature of the charge], and paederasty became the crime of those to whom no crime could be imputed.

Edward Gibbon

Children, Judging, Guilt

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

Edward Gibbon

Learning, Judging, Criticism

Edward Gibbon (1969). “Memoirs of My Life: Edited from the Manuscripts by Georges A. Bonnard”

Edward Gibbon Quotes about Judging

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