Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
CLARENCE DARROWLiberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
CLARENCE DARROWMost 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 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 DARROWNone meet life honestly and few heroically.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably 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 DARROWIt 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 DARROWThe 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.
CLARENCE DARROWLife is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
CLARENCE DARROWA criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
CLARENCE DARROWI don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROWSome of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROWMost jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
CLARENCE DARROWCan any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
CLARENCE DARROWEverybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
CLARENCE DARROWThe law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWI do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROW