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.
CLARENCE DARROWAnyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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