I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
CLARENCE DARROW
When 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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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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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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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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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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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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