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 DARROWHistory repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The law is a horrible business.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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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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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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Most 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.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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