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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

Clarence Darrow

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
CLARENCE DARROW

Ignorance Man Myself Pretend
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
CLARENCE DARROW

Born Greatness Man
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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Defect Exception Intelligence Reality
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
CLARENCE DARROW

Poor Rich Trial
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

Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength
There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROW

Action Crime Thinking
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
CLARENCE DARROW

Forget Jury Lost Win
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Doubt Natural Opinion Part Strong World
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Audience Compare Death Life Public Reality Small Theatre
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
CLARENCE DARROW

Laughter Lose Power Thinking Yourself
Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
CLARENCE DARROW

Dreams Fact Forever Imagination Perspective Right True
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
CLARENCE DARROW

Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
The purpose of life is to live it.
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Life Live One Liner Purpose
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROW

Justice Politics Room
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROW

Believe Goodness Mom Myself

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