Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
EARL WARRENIt would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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 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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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