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.
EARL WARRENPrior 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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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.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
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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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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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