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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

Clarence Darrow

Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
CLARENCE DARROW

Kill Murder Notice Potential Reading Satisfaction
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROW

Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Exploration Opportunity Run Simplicity Time
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
CLARENCE DARROW

Case Jury Law Reality
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
CLARENCE DARROW

Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
CLARENCE DARROW

Animal Death Emotion Enjoyment Hate Help
I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
CLARENCE DARROW

Food Hate Myself Opinion
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
CLARENCE DARROW

Judgement Leaving Room Understand
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 DARROW

Close Important Life Man Wonderful
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW

Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
CLARENCE DARROW

Enough Freedom Necessary Order
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Fit Live Mercy
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
CLARENCE DARROW

Civilization Scope Trial
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
CLARENCE DARROW

Beginning Doubt Fear Feeling Myself Wisdom
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Coward Discover Easy Ideas Immortal Life Origin
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROW

Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

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