厄尔·沃伦是美国政治家和法学家，1943年至1953年担任加州州长，1953年至1969年任美国首席大法官。“沃伦法院”主持了美国宪法判例的一次重大转变，许多人认为这是一场自由主义方向的“宪法革命”。
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
我总是先看体育版，上面记录着人们的成就。头版只有人的失败。
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
在文明生活中，法律漂浮在道德的海洋中。
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
是法律的精神而不是形式使正义得以维持。
If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
如果这是头脑的错误而不是心灵的错误，不要担心，这就是我们学习的方式。
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
我一生中所做的一切都是值得的，我为此下了地狱。
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.
仅仅因为种族而将儿童与其他年龄和资历相似的人分开，会产生一种对他们在社会中地位的自卑感，这种自卑感可能会以一种永远不可能消除的方式影响他们的心灵。
Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
对于那些被认为是罪犯的人来说，用非法的方法来定罪，对生命和自由的危害与对实际罪犯本身的危害一样大。
To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.
为了得到你想要的，停止做那些不起作用的事情。