The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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 fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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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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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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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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 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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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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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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