The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
EARL WARRENLife and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They’re first in with their fees and first out when there’s trouble.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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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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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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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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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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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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