History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWAnyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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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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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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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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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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