In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARRENLiberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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