I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.
Earl WarrenWe conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
Earl WarrenThe freedom to marry has long been recognized as one ofthevital personal rights essentialtotheorderly pursuit of happiness by free men.
Earl WarrenI always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
Earl WarrenIf it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
Earl WarrenMany people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
Earl WarrenMany people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism.
Earl WarrenYou 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 WarrenLiberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
Earl WarrenWe conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Earl WarrenIn 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. Such an opportunity, where the State has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be made available to all on equal terms.
Earl WarrenThe 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 WarrenThe censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
Earl WarrenIn civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
Earl WarrenThe 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.
Earl WarrenThe fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
Earl WarrenLegislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
Earl WarrenI always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Earl WarrenA 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 WarrenIf 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. If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along not the Congress nor the courts. The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion the law as he sees fit.
Earl WarrenI'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."
Earl WarrenWe may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
Earl WarrenI 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 WarrenEverything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
Earl WarrenLegislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
Earl Warren[Many agricultural counties] are far more important in the life of the State than their population bears to the entire population of the State. It is for this reason that I have never been in favor of restricting their representation in our State Senate to a strictly population basis. It is the same reason that the founding fathers of our country gave balanced representation to the States of the Union, equal representation in one House and proportionate representation based upon population in the other.
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.
Earl Warren