History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWIt 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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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 consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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