Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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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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