Earl Warren Quotes

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

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.'

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

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.

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

We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.

To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

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

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.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.