Earl Warren
Earl Warren
Earl Warrenwas an American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of Californiaand later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth19 March 1891
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
change court duty period supreme views
could be on the court and not change his views substantially over a period of years ... for change you must if you are to do your duty on the Supreme Court.
amendment decency draw evolving mark maturing meaning progress standards
the Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
years people upset
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.'
government eugenics people
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
education children opportunity
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.
determination hell worthwhile
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
religious rights air
Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most alert to civil liberties when there is a hint of press censorship in the air. And educators become perturbed at every effort to curb academic freedom. But too seldom do all of these become militant when ostensibly the rights of only one group are threatened. They do not always react to the truism that when the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
law yield principles
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.
law justice legal-system
The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
mean law justice
To summarize: Americans have one of the greatest legal systems, but not a monopoly of the sense of justice, which is universal; nor have we a permanent copyright on the means of securing justice, for it is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
law justice legal-system
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
rights bills today
It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.
mistake heart worry
If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
money men may
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.