Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROWAnyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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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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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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To think is to differ.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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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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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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