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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.

Clarence Darrow

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
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Happiness Laughter People Religion Yourself
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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Ancestor Born Follow Life Mean Rebel
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
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.
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Doubt Natural Opinion Part Strong World
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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Face Greatness Growth Lonely Myself Opinion Stand
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
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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Battle Fight Life Live Myself Oppression Poor Power Weakness
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Black Freckle Man Truth White
Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Chase Hell One Liner Truth
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Friendship Man Oneself Work
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Cruelty Myself Right Suspicious
An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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Doubt Doubtful Faith Religious

There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.

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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.

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