Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
EARL WARRENMere 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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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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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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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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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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