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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.

Clarence Darrow

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Action Crime Thinking
Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Greatness Money Touch
Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Heroes Idol One Liner
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
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Contentment Kill Sick
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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Dreams Fact Forever Imagination Perspective Right True
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Friendship Man Oneself Work
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
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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End Human Important Method Place Society
We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Heart Kill Life Notice Satisfaction
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
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

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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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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