Earl Warren Quotes

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

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.

Earl Warren

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

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

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

Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention.

Earl Warren

The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

Earl Warren