Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROWWhen I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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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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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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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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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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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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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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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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