Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROWTo say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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In 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.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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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The law is a horrible business.
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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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