Earl Warren

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.

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.

The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.

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.

Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

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

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.

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.

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

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.

In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place