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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.

Earl Warren

Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
EARL WARREN

Complain Growth Old People Privilege
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.
EARL WARREN

Choice Decision Diversity Fragments Honor Result Society Strength Tension
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
EARL WARREN

Deep Justice Law Obey Police
Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
EARL WARREN

Equality Opportunity Right
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.
EARL WARREN

Crime Illegal Liberty Life
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.
EARL WARREN

Administration Excellence Fair Inspirational Justice Maintain Service Vision
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARREN

Civilization Ethics Law Moral Sea
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.
EARL WARREN

Beginning Believe Book Country Goodness History Ourselves Reading Spirit
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
EARL WARREN

Accomplishment Failure Man People Record Sports
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.
EARL WARREN

Liberty Name Nation Ourselves Protection Worth
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
EARL WARREN

Alive Form Justice Law Spirit
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.
EARL WARREN

Children Community Feeling Heart Mindset Qualification Race Separate Way
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.
EARL WARREN

Care Hate Money Positive Trouble
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.
EARL WARREN

Commitment Heart Life Man Woman Young
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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Character Discover Man Meaning Path Possible Sensitive
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
EARL WARREN

Government People Perspective Politics Progress

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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