I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
CLARENCE DARROWThere is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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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 is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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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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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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