In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARRENIn civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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