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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.

Clarence Darrow

Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROW

Happiness Laughter People Religion Yourself
Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Habit People Work Worst
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Citizenship Determination Goodness Law Man Worth
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROW

Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
CLARENCE DARROW

Defend Delusion Land Strong Weakness
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
CLARENCE DARROW

Clothes Fit Law People Service
It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Greatness Misfortune Opportunity Rich
Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
CLARENCE DARROW

Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking
There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
CLARENCE DARROW

Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Exploration Opportunity Run Simplicity Time
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Case Lawyer Lose Myself Win
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
CLARENCE DARROW

Law Poet Wreck
The purpose of life is to live it.
CLARENCE DARROW

Life Live One Liner Purpose
The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
CLARENCE DARROW

Life Live Purpose Woman
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
CLARENCE DARROW

Constitution Laws Myself
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
CLARENCE DARROW

Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War

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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