In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARRENLiberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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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.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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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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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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