If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
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 most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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 success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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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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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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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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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 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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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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