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" I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing. "

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" I don't mind getting my hands dirty, and I don't mind getting to the truth of a situation and saying, 'You're right, you're wrong, next case.' "

" I'm realistic. I'm not becoming Farrah Fawcett here. If you stay beyond your welcome, it's for ego or money or because you can't exist without the limelight. I'm fine without it. "

" You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example. "

" Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. "

" Long before I was Judge Judy, when I was an unknown worker bee, I usually got what I wanted. "

" I try to have the right thing happen at the end of the case, try to have the case have a moral compass to it, try to do a little teaching while I'm at it because that's the, you know, that's the preacher in me. "

" I set realistic goals consistent with my talents. I never, for instance, wanted to sit on an appellate court. I'm not an academic. Truth be told, I hate to do research. I have a practical mind, and I was well suited for the trial court bench, not the appellate. "

" I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn't want to be around you. You'd wind up all alone on an island. "

" I still love working. I still love being in the mix of things. "

" I knew that if I worked hard, I could have both - I could have a family, because that was important to me, and I could have a career. "

" All those good people huddling behind bars in gated communities - it's the wrong way round. The others should have the bars. "

" I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye. "

" They want to do the right thing, most people. For that little core that doesn't want to do the right thing and gets away with it routinely, most people want to see them get a good whupping. And I am your girl. "

Do The Right Thing

" I'm not sure whether it's going to be the downfall of Rome - social media. There are too many secrets. "

" If you take control over those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected. "

" The President of the United State is the leader of the free world, and the world has to be able to rely on his or her word, to feel that they have a good moral compass. "

" I think the fundamentals of America are strong. "

" When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me. "

" Nothing in my early childhood suggested to anyone - except maybe my father - that one day I would be standing here and be known simply as Judge Judy. "

" I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?' "

" When I was a practising lawyer in the family court, there were too many judges who, when you left their courtroom, you didn't know whether you'd won or whether you'd lost. "

" Who is interested in that? Who is interested in the warm and fuzzy? There's enough warm and fuzzy on television. "

" I'm not a good interviewer. "

" I want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being the first. "

" This country has a wonderful spirit. "

" If you can share with the people who've been good to you, do it. "

" In too many ways, political correctness has been a bully. "

Political Correctness

" I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am. "

" When states and cities and our country say we're going to tax the rich - and that word 'rich' or 'wealthy' doesn't sound like it comes from success of hard work, but from something negative - I resent it. "

" Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally. "