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 WARRENOur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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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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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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