In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
CLARENCE DARROWSomeday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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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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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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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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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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To think is to differ.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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