Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROWMost lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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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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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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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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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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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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All 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.
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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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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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