Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
CLARENCE DARROWAll men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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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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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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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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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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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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The law is a horrible business.
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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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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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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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