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Earl Warren
Age: 83 †
Born: 1891
Born: March 19
Died: 1974
Died: July 9
Former Chief Justice Of The United States
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You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.
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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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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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A society, in the process of moving forward, often appears to be tearing itself apart. Certainly, an age of rapid change, such as ours, produces many paradoxes. But perhaps 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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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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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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It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
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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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I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.
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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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The mere summoning of a witness and compelling him to testify against his will, about his beliefs, expressions or associations, is a measure of governmental interference. And when those forced revelations concern maters that are unorthodox, unpopular, or even hateful to the general public, the reactions in the life of the witness may be disastrous.
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Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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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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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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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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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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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
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