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.
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
-
-
If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
EARL WARREN -
A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
EARL WARREN -
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.
EARL WARREN -
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.
EARL WARREN -
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
EARL WARREN -
Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
EARL WARREN -
The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
EARL WARREN -
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.
EARL WARREN -
Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
EARL WARREN -
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.
EARL WARREN -
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
EARL WARREN -
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.
EARL WARREN -
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
EARL WARREN -
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
EARL WARREN -
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 WARREN