Jury
(as of 2010)
- Archduke Dr. Otto von Habsburg (CSU), former member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the International Paneuropean Union, former Crown Prince of Austria–Hungary
- Klaus Hänsch (SPD), former President of the European Parliament
- Helga Hirsch, a journalist, former Poland correspondent of Die Zeit and Die Welt
- Milan Horáček, a founding member of the German Green Party, former MEP
- Hilmar Kopper, former Chairman of Deutsche Bank
- Rüdiger Safranski, philosopher and author
- Erika Steinbach (CDU), a member of the German Parliament and chairwoman of the Federation of Expellees
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Famous quotes containing the word jury:
“I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.”
—Harper Lee (b. 1926)
“Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon—destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroy us. A nation that doesn’t read much doesn’t know much. And a nation that doesn’t know much is more likely to make poor choices in the home, the marketplace, the jury box and the voting booth...The challenge, therefore, is to convince future generations of children that carrying a book is more rewarding than carrying guns.”
—Jim Trelease (20th century)
“To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes; to deny the rights of property is like cutting off the hands. To refuse political equality is like robbing the ostracized of all self-respect, of credit in the market place, of recompense in the world of work, of a voice in choosing those who make and administer the law, a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)