I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
CLARENCE DARROWNo other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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You can only be free if I am free.
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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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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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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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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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