Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROWLaws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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