Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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.
Earl WarrenYou 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.
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 Warren