I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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.
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
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.
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.
You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.
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.