Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
EARL WARRENEverything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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 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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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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.
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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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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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