The law is a horrible business.
CLARENCE DARROWNo man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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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 truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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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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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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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 man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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