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.
EARL WARRENA republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional. All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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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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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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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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