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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Battle Fight Life Live Myself Oppression Poor Power Weakness
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Defend Delusion Land Strong Weakness
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Errors Evil Soul Truth
It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Oneself Origin Teaching Theory
You can only be free if I am free.
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Freedom Myself One Liner
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Audience Compare Death Life Public Reality Small Theatre
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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Offense Oppression Severe Visit
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Born Control Myself People Remember
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
CLARENCE DARROW

Love Obedience Subject
To 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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
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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God Immortal Man Personal Production
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
None meet life honestly and few heroically.
CLARENCE DARROW

Hero Honesty Life

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