Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of justice that is a wellspring of inspiration.
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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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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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