The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROWThe most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROWNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
CLARENCE DARROWThe truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
CLARENCE DARROWThe trouble with law is lawyers.
CLARENCE DARROWThe difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
CLARENCE DARROWThe 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 DARROWWhenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
CLARENCE DARROWThere are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
CLARENCE DARROWAny one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
CLARENCE DARROWFreedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
CLARENCE DARROWAncestors 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.
CLARENCE DARROWIn spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
CLARENCE DARROWWe know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
CLARENCE DARROWScopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
CLARENCE DARROWJustice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROWI have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
CLARENCE DARROW