None meet life honestly and few heroically.
CLARENCE DARROWThere is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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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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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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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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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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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 don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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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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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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