We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave illness to our society.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They’re first in with their fees and first out when there’s trouble.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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