In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARRENThose 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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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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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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