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.
EARL WARRENThe 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.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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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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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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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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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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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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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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.
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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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