I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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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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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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