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 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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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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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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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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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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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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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.
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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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.
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