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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
CLARENCE DARROW

Better Education Human Improvement Man Social
Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
CLARENCE DARROW

Conflict Fight Forever Liberty Man Obligation Preservation Tolerance
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
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Live Ourselves Parents Ruin
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
CLARENCE DARROW

Freedom Liberty Man Myself Protection
Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Habit People Work Worst
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROW

Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
CLARENCE DARROW

Constitution Laws Myself
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
CLARENCE DARROW

Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
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
You can only be free if I am free.
CLARENCE DARROW

Freedom Myself One Liner
Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
CLARENCE DARROW

Belief Future God Life Myself Religion
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
CLARENCE DARROW

Fear Loyalty Nation Togetherness
Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking

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