Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
EARL WARRENBen Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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 fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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