The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
CLARENCE DARROWLaws 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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The law is a horrible business.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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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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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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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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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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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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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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