Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
EARL WARRENThe censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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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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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 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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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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.
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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.
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The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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 police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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A 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.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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