True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
CLARENCE DARROWIt must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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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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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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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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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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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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