My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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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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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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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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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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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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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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