I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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 civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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