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.
CLARENCE DARROWThere is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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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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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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All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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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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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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