Earl Warren: Quotes about life

Earl Warren was United States federal judge. Explore interesting quotes on life.

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“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. Such an opportunity, where the State has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be made available to all on equal terms.”

Earl Warren

Writing for the court, Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
1950s

“The abhorrence of society to the use of involuntary confessions does not turn alone on their inherent untrustworthiness. It also turns on the deep-rooted feeling that the police must obey the law while enforcing the law; that, in the end, 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

Writing for the court, Spano v. New York 360 U.S. 321 (1959)
1950s

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

Earl Warren

Speech at the Louis Marshall Award Dinner of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Americana Hotel, New York City (11 November 1962)
1960s

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

Earl Warren

As quoted in Do It : Let's Get Off Our Buts (1992) by Peter John Roger McWilliams
Paraphrased variant: Everything that I did in life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
As quoted in Compact Fruit Tree (2002) Vol. 35-38, by International Dwarf Fruit Tree Association, p. 32
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