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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.

Earl Warren

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.
EARL WARREN

Administration Excellence Fair Inspirational Justice Maintain Service Vision
Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Army Goodness Revolution Stand War
In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
EARL WARREN

Commitment Heart Life Man Woman Young
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Deep Justice Law Obey Police
Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Economic People Representation Vote
Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Citizenship One Liner Privilege Right
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

Children Community Feeling Heart Mindset Qualification Race Separate Way
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
EARL WARREN

People Representation Tree
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
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Accomplishment Failure Man People Record Sports
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.
EARL WARREN

Care Hate Money Positive Trouble
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
EARL WARREN

Government People Perspective Politics Progress
The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Expression Freedom Pieces. Heart
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.
EARL WARREN

Choice Decision Diversity Fragments Honor Result Society Strength Tension
Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
EARL WARREN

Complain Growth Old People Privilege
Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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Completion Joy Quiet World
When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Explosion Freedom Right

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