Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
EARL WARRENOur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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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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