The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWOne cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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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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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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