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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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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.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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