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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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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