I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
EARL WARRENThe success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.
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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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I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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