Author: Earl Warren

Quotes

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

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

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

- Earl Warren

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.

- Earl Warren

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

- Earl Warren

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.

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

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.

- Earl Warren

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.

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

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.

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

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.

- Earl Warren

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