Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROWWe’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
-
-
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
CLARENCE DARROW -
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
CLARENCE DARROW -
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
CLARENCE DARROW -
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROW -
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
CLARENCE DARROW -
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
CLARENCE DARROW -
We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
CLARENCE DARROW -
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
CLARENCE DARROW -
Chase after the truth like all hell.
CLARENCE DARROW -
No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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 DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
CLARENCE DARROW -
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
CLARENCE DARROW -
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
CLARENCE DARROW -
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
CLARENCE DARROW -
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW -
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
CLARENCE DARROW -
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.
CLARENCE DARROW -
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
CLARENCE DARROW -
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
CLARENCE DARROW