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.
CLARENCE DARROWNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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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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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 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.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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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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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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