Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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.
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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 civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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