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.
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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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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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