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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.

Clarence Darrow

The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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Object Past Raise Rebel Voice World
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Doubt Natural Opinion Part Strong World
Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Heroes Idol One Liner
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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Coward Discover Easy Ideas Immortal Life Origin
It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Oneself Origin Teaching Theory
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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Hero Honesty Life
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.
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Exploration Opportunity Run Simplicity Time
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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Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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Accomplishment Nation Path People Tax Willing Wrong
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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Kill Murder Notice Potential Reading Satisfaction
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Fight Oneself Reason
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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Freedom Liberty Man Myself Protection
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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Children Greatness Misfortune Opportunity Rich
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
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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End Environment Important Lesson Life Live Relation
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Children Live Ourselves Parents Ruin
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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History Oneself Repeat
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Chase Freedom Hell Touch Truth Yourself
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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Ancestor Born Follow Life Mean Rebel

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