I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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 am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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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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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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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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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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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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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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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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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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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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