I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
CLARENCE DARROWLiberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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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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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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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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