In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
CLARENCE DARROWI have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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