Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should... — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
The policeman on the beat or in the patrol car makes more decisions and exercises broader discretion affecting the daily lives of people every… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
The men who wrote the First Amendment religion clause did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of that amendment...… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
There may be some incorrigible human beings who cannot be changed except by God's own mercy to that one person. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should... — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
“There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of life that… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share
