The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
EARL WARRENIn 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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 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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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