Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
CLARENCE DARROWI never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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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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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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