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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

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. Earl Warren

We may not know the whole story in our lifetime. Earl Warren

Our Lifetime Know May Story Whole

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

Education Public Education Field Doctrine Equal Conclude Place Public Separate

The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts. Earl Warren

I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk. Elena Kagan

Think Nine Solicitor General Clerk Justices

It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States. Elena Kagan

In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. Elena Kagan

Finance Money Law Single Congress Corporate Fact Most Limiting Go Campaign Campaign Finance Did Done May In Fact Union Ever Thing

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it. Elena Kagan

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The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it. Felix Frankfurter

Constitution About Touchstone Said Ultimate Itself

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. Felix Frankfurter

Legal Some Lawyers Facts Equal Created

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage. Felix Frankfurter

Life Great World My Life Live Think Heritage Back Entirely Noble Although Leave Came Fitting Did Want Turn Should Jew

There can be no security where there is fear. Felix Frankfurter

Fear Security Where

It simply is not true that war never settles anything. Felix Frankfurter

War Never Simply True Anything

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy. Felix Frankfurter

Single Only Principle Question Controversy Anybody Decide

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. Felix Frankfurter

Politician Statesmen Most Lincoln Been Forget Successful Professional Professionals

It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home. Florence Ellinwood Allen

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The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving. Florence Ellinwood Allen

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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury. Florence Ellinwood Allen

Women Made Type High Fact Point Had Leaders Unusually Always Were Owing Jury Whenever Groups Here Serving

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders. Florence Ellinwood Allen

Politics You Women Judge Action Individual Merely Effect Hardly

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. Francis Jeffrey

Good Will Lost Name Like Got Many Actions

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