An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
CLARENCE DARROWI have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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