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.
CLARENCE DARROWIt 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.
CLARENCE DARROWNo other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
CLARENCE DARROWI have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably 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.
CLARENCE DARROWI 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.
CLARENCE DARROWSomeday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
CLARENCE DARROWTo say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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 DARROWAn idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
CLARENCE DARROWAn agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
CLARENCE DARROWChloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
CLARENCE DARROWThe difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
CLARENCE DARROWEugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROWAncestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
CLARENCE DARROWWe know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
CLARENCE DARROWAnyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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