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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.

  Earl Warren

  Positive, Money, Hate

  "The Book of Business Quotations". Book by Eugene Weber, p. 20, 1991.

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• We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities? We believe that it does.

  Earl Warren

  Children, Believe, School

  Earl Warren (1959). “The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren”

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• The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

  Earl Warren

  Heart, Expression, Censorship

  Dissent in Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago 365 U.S. 43, 1961.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Mistake, Heart, Worry

  "Earl Warren : A Great American Story" by Irving Stone, (p. 64), 1948.

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• Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

  Earl Warren

  People, Age, Complaining

  The Reader's Digest, Vol. 116, p. 43, 1980.

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• The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

  Earl Warren

  Integrity, Law, Hypocrisy

  Writing for the court, Spano v. New York 360 U.S. 321, 1959.

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• The abhorrence of society to the use of involuntary confessions does not turn alone on their inherent untrustworthiness. It also turns on the deep-rooted feeling that the police must obey the law while enforcing the law; that, in the end, 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.

  Earl Warren

  Law, Police, Feelings

  Writing for the court, Spano v. New York 360 U.S. 321, 1959.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Gun, Rights, People

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• Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.

  Earl Warren

  People, Tree, Acres

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• When an individual is taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom by the authorities in any significant way and is subjected to questioning... He must be warned prior to any questioning that he has the right to remain silent, that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and that, if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires.

  Earl Warren

  Taken, Law, Individuality

  Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436, 478-79, 1965.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Moving, Age, Paradox

  "Saturday Review" Magazine, (p. 16), October 23, 1971.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Patriotism, Paradox, States

  "Saturday Review" Magazine, (p. 16), October 23, 1971.

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• In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place

  Earl Warren

  Education, Doctrine, Fields

  Brown v. Board of Education (1954) See John M. Harlan (1833 - 1911) 1; Kerner 1

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Liberty, Criminals, Used

  Writing for the court, Spano v. New York 360 U.S. 321, 1959.

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• Our Bill of Rights, the most precious part of our legal heritage, is under subtle and pervasive attacks... In the struggle between our world and Communism, the temptation to imitate totalitarian security methods must be resisted day by day... When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

  Earl Warren

  Wisdom, Struggle, Rights

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Waiting, Moments, Reason

  Testimony on Internment of people of Japanese Ancestry before the House Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration (Tolan Committee), 1941.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Doe, May, Silent

  Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Inspiration, Justice, Excellence

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Nature, Justice, Important

  "Earl Warren : A Political Biography" by Leo Katcher, (p. 315), 1967.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Sports, Fear, Failure

  "The Norton Book of Sports". Book by George Plimpton, p. 470, 1992.

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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.

  Earl Warren

  War, Voice, Justice

  Earl Warren (1959). “The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren”

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• If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.

  Earl Warren

  Men, Law, Liberty

  "The Court Years, 1939-1975 : The Autobiography of William O. Douglas", (p. 514), 1980.

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• Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.

  Earl Warren

  Towers, World, Bells

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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.

  Earl Warren

  Government, Expression, May

  Earl Warren (1959). “The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren”

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• Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

  Earl Warren

  Educational, Board Of Education, Separation

  Brown v. Board of Education (1954) See John M. Harlan (1833 - 1911) 1; Kerner 1

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