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.
EARL WARRENThe 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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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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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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