Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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