Earl Warren quotes

Born
March 19, 1891, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Died
July 9, 1974.

Occupation
Politician, jurist.

Earl Warren was an American politician and jurist.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
– Earl Warren

The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
– Earl Warren

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

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

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
– Earl Warren

When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
– Earl Warren

Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
– Earl Warren

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
– Earl Warren

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

Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
– 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.
– Earl Warren

To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
– Earl Warren

Citizenship is the right to have rights.
– Earl Warren

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

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

Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
– 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.
– Earl Warren

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.
– Earl Warren

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

We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
– Earl Warren