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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

Clarence Darrow

The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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Life Live Purpose Woman
Laws 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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Custom Ideas Law Old Ourselves Responsibility
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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Death Himself Man Purpose
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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Battle Fight Life Live Myself Oppression Poor Power Weakness
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Born Greatness Man
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Law Lawyer Trouble
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Believe Document Human Personal
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Errors Evil Soul Truth
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Justice Politics Room
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Children Himself Intelligence Parents

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