"500 years ago, military officers would upend a drum on the battlefield. They'd sit at it and dispense summary justice. Decisions were quick, punishments severe; appeals denied. Those who came to a drumhead were doomed."
— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Drumhead"
" Every member of a court-martial shall take the following oath, viz. "You swear that you will, well and truly and impartially determine the cause of the prisoner now to be tried according to the rules of the navy of the United Colonies; so help you God." Which oath shall be duly administered by the President to the other members, and the President shall himself be sworn by the officer in the said court next in rank."
— Art. 41, Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies of North-America
"It is enough to add 'military' to a word to make it lose its meaning. Thus military justice is no justice, military music is no music."
— Georges Clemenceau, possibly in reference to the Dreyfus affair.
