History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWI am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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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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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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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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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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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.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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