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.
EARL WARRENSuch an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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 fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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 get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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