There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
CLARENCE DARROWI am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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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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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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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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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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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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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 have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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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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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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