The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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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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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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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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