Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
CLARENCE DARROWJust think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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To think is to differ.
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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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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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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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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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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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