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 WARRENDon’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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