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 DARROWEverybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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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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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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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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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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