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.
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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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 idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
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To think is to differ.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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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 jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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