Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
EARL WARRENI 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.
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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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 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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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