The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Ancestors 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.
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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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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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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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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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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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I 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.
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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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