How we cite our quotes: (Section.Paragraph) or (Section.Subsection.Paragraph)
Quote #1
[…] the police brutally beat, kicked, and placed lighted cigarette butts on the back of a potential witness under interrogation for the purpose of securing a statement incriminating a third party. (Opinion.I.2)
Were they really torturing someone who wasn't even the suspect—just someone they thought could ID the real perp? Where's the moral high ground in that?
Quote #2
It is not admissible to do a great right by doing a little wrong…It is not sufficient to do justice by obtaining a proper result by irregular or improper means. (Opinion.I.5).
A classic statement about the end not justifying the means. The moral and ethical thing to do is to follow the rules at all costs, otherwise we risk corrupting the justice system that exists to protect us. The greater good is in reinforcing our Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, because it protects everyone, not just criminals.
Quote #3
In the cases before us today […] we concern ourselves primarily with this interrogation atmosphere and the evils it can bring. (Opinion.I.36)
By saying "evils" instead of say, "dangers" or "problems," they're appealing to our sense of good and bad, right and wrong; Warren is making the decision a moral issue in addition to a legal one.