There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROWYou can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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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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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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 nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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