There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
CLARENCE DARROWWhenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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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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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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To think is to differ.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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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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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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