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 WARRENThe censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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 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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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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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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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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