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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

Earl Warren

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.
EARL WARREN

Liberty Name Nation Ourselves Protection Worth
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
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
EARL WARREN

Force Freedom Liberty Power World
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 WARREN

Crime Illegal Liberty Life
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.
EARL WARREN

Authority Easy Government Live Responsibility
To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
EARL WARREN

Inspirational Motivational Work Yourself
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.
EARL WARREN

Children Doubt Education Expectation Life Opportunity Reason Success
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
EARL WARREN

Accomplishment Failure Man People Record Sports
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.
EARL WARREN

Character Discover Man Meaning Path Possible Sensitive
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
EARL WARREN

Discover Electric Invention Man Money Technology
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.
EARL WARREN

Absence Loss Ourselves Sick Society Voice
The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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Ideal Justice Legal Success System Universal
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
Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Complain Growth Old People Privilege
Citizenship is the right to have rights.
EARL WARREN

Citizenship One Liner Privilege Right
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
EARL WARREN

People Representation Tree

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