Robert Jackson wurde am 13 Februar 1892 in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, USA geboren. Er starb am 9 Oktober 1954 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
[his opening statement at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, November 1945] We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our lips as well. We must summon such detachment and intellectual integrity to our task that this trial will commend itself to posterity as fulfilling humanity's aspirations to do justice.
