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.
EARL WARRENWe 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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 civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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