The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.
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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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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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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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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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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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