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.
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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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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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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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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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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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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It 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.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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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 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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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