“It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.”
Joseph Brodsky
“We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.”
Dave Barry
“The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try”
William Shakespeare
“If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter”
Margaret Mead
“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.”
Ansel Adams
“The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.”
Barbra Streisand
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.”
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