For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
CLARENCE DARROWGreat wealth often curses all who touch it.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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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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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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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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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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