The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
EARL WARRENLiberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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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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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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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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