Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
CLARENCE DARROWReligion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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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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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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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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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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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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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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