When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
CLARENCE DARROW
The 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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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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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To think is to differ.
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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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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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