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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.

Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
CLARENCE DARROW

Beginning Believe Myself President
It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
CLARENCE DARROW

Custom Ideas Law Old Ourselves Responsibility
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROW

Heroes Idol One Liner
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
CLARENCE DARROW

Hate Injustice Land Patriot True
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROW

History Oneself Repeat
Chase after the truth like all hell.
CLARENCE DARROW

Chase Hell One Liner Truth
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
CLARENCE DARROW

Action Emotion Government Human
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Death Himself Man Purpose
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
CLARENCE DARROW

Judgement Leaving Room Understand
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
CLARENCE DARROW

Law Poet Wreck
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
CLARENCE DARROW

Charity Hate Misfortune Revenge
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW

Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
CLARENCE DARROW

Myself Surprise Wrong
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW

Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction

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