The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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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.
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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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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.
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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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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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