Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
CLARENCE DARROWSome of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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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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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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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.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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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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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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