Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger Michael Kirby More Quotes by Michael Kirby More Quotes From Michael Kirby So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing that I have discovered. I will share it with you, like a precious jewel, fit for this occasion. I refer to love. Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world. Love transcends even scholarship, cleverness and university degrees. It is greater than pride and wealth. It endures when worldly vanities fade. Michael Kirby vanitypridelove One of my responsibilities is to make sure that justice is done for our citizens . . . . I want this case to be completed. Until that happens, it will continue to burden our relationship. Michael Kirby citizensresponsibilityjustice I am the result of a loving upbringing in a peaceful country, with wonderful parents and siblings, a very long-term relationship, stability, support - but a feeling that life isn't always just and that there is injustice for people and we should do something about it. Michael Kirby siblingmotivationcountry The protection of our liberties does not ultimately depend on parliaments or even the courts. It depends on the love of the people for liberty. Michael Kirby libertydoepeople When in the evening we are alone with our most existential thoughts, it is then that we come face to face with the most precious truths that we discover in our brief existence in this world. Just before fatigue envelopes us, taking us into sleep. We think of what our lives actually mean. And then we know how lucky we are if we still enjoy consciousness, rationality and love. But the greatest of these is love. Michael Kirby sleeplovemean I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word, love. But that's a good thing. In life, never be predictable. It's so uncool. Michael Kirby court-judgesthings-in-lifelove It is often said that the best leaders are those who serve. Michael Kirby leaderleadershipsaid The murderers of the three Bytyqi brothers, New York residents who were executed by Serbian Ministry of Interior personnel in 1999, have never been prosecuted. The U.S. government cannot accept that the murderers of three of its citizens go unpunished. Michael Kirby governmentbrothernew-york A computer is a machine for constructing mappings from input to output. Michael Kirby machinescomputerinput I think it is in the interest of the people of [Serbia] that no one, not even the government, can get away with the crime, whoever the victim. Michael Kirby governmentpeoplethinking It's a very small part of a very long story. And it really doesn't affect the credibility of the testimony. Michael Kirby top-news Michael Kirby father said various things about Michael Kirby testimony. Michael Kirby world It's part of the testimony of one witness whose testimony is referred to on one page of a 350-page report that includes the testimony of hundreds of other people, so keep it in proportion. Michael Kirby world
