Harold H. Greene
Harold H. Greene
Harold Herman Greenewas a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth6 February 1923
CountryUnited States of America
thinking justice mold
The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
law skills justice
I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
thinking innovation competition
I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.
real data people
If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
country thinking europe
I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren't as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don't resort to violent revolution.
thinking law justice
Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
men law justice
The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.
people trying court
People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.
names people acting
Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.
aggravation judging grids
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
outcomes decree modification
I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
morning trying evening
The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'
night flames three
I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night.
competition trying harder
With competition everyone has to try harder.