The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
CLARENCE DARROWAs long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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 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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An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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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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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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