Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
CLARENCE DARROWGreat wealth often curses all who touch it.
CLARENCE DARROWThe man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
CLARENCE DARROWI am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
CLARENCE DARROWLiberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
CLARENCE DARROWEugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROWEach child should be more intelligent than his parents.
CLARENCE DARROWSome of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROWI have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROWNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
CLARENCE DARROWThose 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.
CLARENCE DARROWIn life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
CLARENCE DARROWTo say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
CLARENCE DARROWI have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
CLARENCE DARROWMen 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.
CLARENCE DARROWI am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
CLARENCE DARROWEducation was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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