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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

Clarence Darrow

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
The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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Audience Compare Death Life Public Reality Small Theatre
We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Heart Kill Life Notice Satisfaction
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Justice Politics Room
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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End Environment Important Lesson Life Live Relation
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
The law is a horrible business.
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Business Horrible One Liner
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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Laughter Lose Power Thinking Yourself
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Children Live Ourselves Parents Ruin
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Born Control Myself People Remember
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Case Jury Law Reality
The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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Life Live Purpose Woman
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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Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
You can only be free if I am free.
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Freedom Myself One Liner
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Heroes Idol One Liner
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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Ignorance Man Myself Pretend
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Beginning Doubt Fear Feeling Myself Wisdom
Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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Bad Habit People Work Worst
The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Law Lawyer Trouble
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Chase Freedom Hell Touch Truth Yourself
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.
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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

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