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

Clarence Darrow

I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
CLARENCE DARROW

Myself Surprise Wrong
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROW

Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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Afraid Devil God Man Universe Woman
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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Contemplation Conversation Cultivation Silence
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
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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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
The purpose of life is to live it.
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Life Live One Liner Purpose
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Happiness Laughter People Religion Yourself
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Born Control Myself People Remember
Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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Animal Death Emotion Enjoyment Hate Help
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 DARROW

Choice Content Eat Judgment Leadership Life Oneself
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service

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