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.
CLARENCE DARROWIn 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.
CLARENCE DARROWThe law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWIt must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
CLARENCE DARROWAnyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
CLARENCE DARROWThe truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
CLARENCE DARROWTo 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.
CLARENCE DARROWThe most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROWLost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
CLARENCE DARROWScopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
CLARENCE DARROWI never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
CLARENCE DARROWIf there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
CLARENCE DARROWHistory repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWChase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
CLARENCE DARROWNothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
CLARENCE DARROWI do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROWThe world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
CLARENCE DARROW