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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.

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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Brain Creation Money Truth
Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Heroes Idol One Liner
The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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Defect Exception Intelligence Reality
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
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
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
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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Battle Fight Life Live Myself Oppression Poor Power Weakness
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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Contemplation Conversation Cultivation Silence
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Greatness Money Touch
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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Custom Ideas Law Old Ourselves Responsibility
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Cruelty Myself Right Suspicious

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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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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