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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.

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.
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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Children Fit Live Mercy
It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Oneself Origin Teaching Theory
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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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
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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Heart Kill Life Notice Satisfaction
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Case Jury Law Reality
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
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.
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Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong
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.
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Forever Object Rebel World Wrong
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Friendship Man Oneself Work
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Judgement Leaving Room Understand
There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Action Emotion Government Human

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