Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Morris L. Ernst

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Morris L. Ernst

Morris Ernst was an American lawyer and prominent attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In public life, he defended and asserted the rights of Americans to privacy and freedom from censorship, playing a significant role in challenging and overcoming the banning of certain works of literature and in asserting the right of media employees to organise labor unions. He also promoted an anti-communist stance within the ACLU itself, and was a member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights.

August 23, 1888 - May 21, 1976
The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar. — © Morris L. Ernst
The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.
More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.
A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
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