Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
CLARENCE DARROWFor to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The law is a horrible business.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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