There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROWReligion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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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 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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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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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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