The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
CLARENCE DARROWTo 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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The 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.
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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.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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The law is a horrible business.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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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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