In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of justice that is a wellspring of inspiration.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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 fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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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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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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 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 censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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