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Jed S. Rakoff Quotes

American - Judge | August 1, 1943 -

If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

Freedom Win Name Battle Lost Own

When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

Person Classic Kid Years Your Many

It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

You Person Liberty Hard Individual

Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

Respect Great Men Mistakes Measure

If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent effect in my view vastly outweighs even the best compliance program you can put in place.

Best View You Place Jail Compliance

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Think Common Sense Say Crime Sense

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

Facts Reason Everything Fact Needs

I have a past of making a fool of myself.

Myself Fool Past Making

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

Talent Baseball Individual Things

If crimes are committed, they are committed by people; they are not committed by some free-floating entity. These companies and other entities don't operate on automatic pilot. There are individuals that make decisions - and some make the right decisions, and some make the wrong decisions.

People Decisions Wrong Pilot Right

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