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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.

Clarence Darrow

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Children Live Ourselves Parents Ruin
The law is a horrible business.
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Business Horrible One Liner
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
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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Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength
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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Food Hate Myself Opinion
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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Better Education Human Improvement Man Social
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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Coward Discover Easy Ideas Immortal Life Origin
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Correct Learning Speak Talk Yourself
Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
CLARENCE DARROW

Custom Ideas Law Old Ourselves Responsibility
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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Animal Death Emotion Enjoyment Hate Help
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Brain Jealous Liberty Man Soul
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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Choice Content Eat Judgment Leadership Life Oneself
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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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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Hero Honesty Life
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
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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Class Community Domination Law Myself Natural Protection Remember
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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Case Lawyer Lose Myself Win
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Constitution Laws Myself
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Friendship Man Oneself Work
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Happiness Himself Man Wrong
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

End Human Important Method Place Society

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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