Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.
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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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