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.
EARL WARRENWhen the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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