The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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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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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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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.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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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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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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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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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Life 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.
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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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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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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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