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.
EARL WARRENThe most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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.
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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 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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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