Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
EARL WARRENThe police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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