If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
EARL WARRENLegislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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 censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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Prior 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.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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