Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
EARL WARRENThe censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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