We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
CLARENCE DARROWThe objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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The purpose of life is to live it.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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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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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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The 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.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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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 law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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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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