The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
CLARENCE DARROWJust think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The law is a horrible business.
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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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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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In 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.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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