Author: Earl Warren

Quotes

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

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

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

- 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

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

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