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 WARRENOur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of justice that is a wellspring of inspiration.
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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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