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.
EARL WARRENIf it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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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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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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