The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWI never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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The law is a horrible business.
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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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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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