In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
EARL WARRENIn 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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 the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional. All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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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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