Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
EARL WARRENTo 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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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional. All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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.
EARL WARREN