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 DARROWIf 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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