The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
CLARENCE DARROWThe best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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To think is to differ.
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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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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 most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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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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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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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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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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 other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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