Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
EARL WARRENIt 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.
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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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