Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
EARL WARRENIt is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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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The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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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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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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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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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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