The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
EARL WARRENLegislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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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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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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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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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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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 believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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