Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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 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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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