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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

Clarence Darrow

Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Action Emotion Government Human
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe God Mom Myself
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Constitution Laws Myself
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Children Fit Live Mercy
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War
The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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Modern Safety Time Truth Voice
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Law Lawyer Trouble
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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God Immortal Man Personal Production
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
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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Face Greatness Growth Lonely Myself Opinion Stand
There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Action Crime Thinking
Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking
It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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Class Community Domination Law Myself Natural Protection Remember
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Black Freckle Man Truth White

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

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