A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
CLARENCE DARROWEugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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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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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 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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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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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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All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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To think is to differ.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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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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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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The law is a horrible business.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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