My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
CLARENCE DARROWNone meet life honestly and few heroically.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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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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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.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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.
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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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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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