Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
CLARENCE DARROWThe world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The 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.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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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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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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