Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
EARL WARRENI always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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