We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROWI 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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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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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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