Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
CLARENCE DARROWIn order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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To think is to differ.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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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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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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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.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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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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