Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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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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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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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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The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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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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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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