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 WARRENSeparate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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