Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
CLARENCE DARROWWorking people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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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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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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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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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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To think is to differ.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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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