The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
CLARENCE DARROWThe trouble with law is lawyers.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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To think is to differ.
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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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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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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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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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