In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
EARL WARRENLegislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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 doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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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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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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