A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.
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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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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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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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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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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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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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