There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROWI am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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The law is a horrible business.
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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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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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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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An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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