Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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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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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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