Quotes by

Earl Warren

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records peoples accomplishments. The front page has nothing but mans failures. – Earl Warren

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. Theyre first in with their fees and first out when theres trouble. – Earl Warren

In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just dont know, but they do. – Earl Warren

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

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

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. – Earl Warren

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

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. – 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. – Earl Warren

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