Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
EARL WARRENToday, 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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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.
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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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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.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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