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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.

Clarence Darrow

It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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Class Community Domination Law Myself Natural Protection Remember
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
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
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Brain Jealous Liberty Man Soul
I 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.
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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Children Himself Intelligence Parents
The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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Better Fight Himself Man
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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Better Education Human Improvement Man Social
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.
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Coward Discover Easy Ideas Immortal Life Origin
Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking
The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Children Confidence Difference Limitation Man Youth
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Born Greatness Man
The purpose of life is to live it.
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Life Live One Liner Purpose

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