As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
CLARENCE DARROWThe 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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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 law is a horrible business.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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