In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
EARL WARREN