Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Earl Warren (American Judge, Politician)

Earl Warren (1891–1974) was an American jurist and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–69,) leading the Supreme Court through a transformative period in constitutional law. His tenure, known as the “Warren Court,” brought sweeping changes in race relations, criminal procedure, and legislative apportionment, often regarded as a “Constitutional Revolution” in a liberal direction. He authored majority opinions in numerous landmark cases that expanded civil rights and liberties.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Warren earned his law degree from the University of California-Berkeley, and began his career as a district attorney before serving as Attorney General of California. From 1943 to 1953, he was Governor of California, gaining national recognition for his progressive reforms and moderate Republican leadership, which included support for civil and labor rights.

In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Warren Chief Justice. Under his leadership, the Court delivered historic decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954,) which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, and Miranda v. Arizona (1966,) which established Miranda rights for criminal suspects. Warren also chaired the Warren Commission, which investigated President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The Memoirs of Earl Warren (1977) offers insight into his legal philosophy.

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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’.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Age

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Communication

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Ethics

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

There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Wishes

It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of those liberties which make the defense of the nation worthwhile.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Liberty

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Justice

Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Liberty

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Adversity, Being True to Yourself

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Communism, Socialism

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.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Behavior

Many agricultural counties are far more important in the life of the State than their population bears to the entire population of the State. It is for this reason that I have never been in favor of restricting their representation in our State Senate to a strictly population basis. It is the same reason that the founding fathers of our country gave balanced representation to the States of the Union, equal representation in one House and proportionate representation based upon population in the other.
—Earl Warren

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
—Earl Warren
Topics: Achievement, Success & Failure, Failure, News

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