I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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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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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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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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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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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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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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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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The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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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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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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