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.
EARL WARRENBen Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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 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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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