Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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