I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROWI feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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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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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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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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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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