In a speech given in front of the American Bar Association, Justice Burger lamented the state of the justice system in 1984, "Our system is too costly, too painful, too destructive, too inefficient for a truly civilized people.
在美国律师协会(American Bar Association)前发表的一篇演讲中，“伯格法官在1984年哀叹美国司法体系的现状:“我们的体系代价太高、太痛苦、太破坏性，对真正的文明人士来说效率太低。