Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
CLARENCE DARROWI don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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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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You can only be free if I am free.
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Men 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.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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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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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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