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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.

Clarence Darrow

Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Belief Future God Life Myself Religion
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Hate Injustice Land Patriot True
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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Hell Myself Suffering Understand
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Beginning Believe Myself President
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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God Immortal Man Personal Production
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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Choice Content Eat Judgment Leadership Life Oneself
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Chase Freedom Hell Touch Truth Yourself
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Forever Object Rebel World Wrong
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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Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
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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Face Greatness Growth Lonely Myself Opinion Stand

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