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Harold H. Greene

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

— Harold H. Greene poor

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.

— Harold H. Greene words

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.'

— Harold H. Greene morning

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.

— Harold H. Greene men

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

— Harold H. Greene cat

The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.

— Harold H. Greene man

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.

— Harold H. Greene lies

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.

— Harold H. Greene night

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.

— Harold H. Greene believe

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.

— Harold H. Greene time

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.

— Harold H. Greene people

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.

— Harold H. Greene world

Competition is good and has served us well.

— Harold H. Greene good

I don't think a judge should be too much involved in outside activities.

— Harold H. Greene think

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

— Harold H. Greene influence

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

— Harold H. Greene comfort

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.

— Harold H. Greene science

With competition everyone has to try harder.

— Harold H. Greene competition

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

— Harold H. Greene joy

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!

— Harold H. Greene time

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.

— Harold H. Greene people

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.

— Harold H. Greene time

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.

— Harold H. Greene people

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!

— Harold H. Greene wit

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.

— Harold H. Greene think

You cant just lecture the poor that they shouldnt riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

— Harold H Greene poor

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