There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROWThere is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROWIt’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.
CLARENCE DARROWIf a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
CLARENCE DARROWLaws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
CLARENCE DARROWThe first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
CLARENCE DARROWThe nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
CLARENCE DARROWThe truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
CLARENCE DARROWLost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
CLARENCE DARROWThe Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
CLARENCE DARROWWorking people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROWThe purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
CLARENCE DARROWChase after the truth like all hell.
CLARENCE DARROWLife is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
CLARENCE DARROWMost jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
CLARENCE DARROWWars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
CLARENCE DARROWLiberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
CLARENCE DARROW