We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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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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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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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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The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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The law is a horrible business.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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