I 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.
EARL WARRENI 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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 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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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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 censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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