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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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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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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