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01Undated

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socia

Earl Warren / quote

02Undated

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

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03Undated

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 people don't have that privilege.'

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04Undated

We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.

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05Undated

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught Hell for.

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06Undated

The sports page records people's accomplishments the front page usually records nothing but man's failures.

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07Undated

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

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08Undated

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.

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09Undated

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

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10Undated

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

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11Undated

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

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12Undated

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

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13Undated

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.

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