The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
CLARENCE DARROWI have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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To think is to differ.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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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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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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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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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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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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