The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
EARL WARRENBefore this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
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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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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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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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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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