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 WARRENThe fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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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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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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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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