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.
EARL WARRENLife and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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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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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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I 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.
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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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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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.
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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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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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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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