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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.

Clarence Darrow

The 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

Doubt Natural Opinion Part Strong World
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROW

Believe Goodness Mom Myself
Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
CLARENCE DARROW

Home Knowledge Mad Mindset Possession Thinking
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Believe Document Human Personal
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
CLARENCE DARROW

Ignorance Man Myself Pretend
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 DARROW

Defend Delusion Land Strong Weakness
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
CLARENCE DARROW

Love Obedience Subject
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Himself Intelligence Parents
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
CLARENCE DARROW

God Immortal Man Personal Production
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Food Hate Myself Opinion
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
CLARENCE DARROW

Hate Injustice Land Patriot True
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
CLARENCE DARROW

Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROW

Happiness Laughter People Religion Yourself

Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.

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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.

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