The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
Earl WarrenSuch an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
Earl WarrenIf Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation. If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts. The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion the law as he sees fit.
Earl Warren