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.
EARL WARRENMany people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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