It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
EARL WARRENThe fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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