The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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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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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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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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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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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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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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