I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
CLARENCE DARROWNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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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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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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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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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.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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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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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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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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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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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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