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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

Clarence Darrow

The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
CLARENCE DARROW

Black Freckle Man Truth White
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Death Himself Man Purpose
The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Law Lawyer Trouble
You can only be free if I am free.
CLARENCE DARROW

Freedom Myself One Liner
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Ancestor Born Follow Life Mean Rebel
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Citizenship Determination Goodness Law Man Worth
Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
CLARENCE DARROW

Bad Habit People Work Worst
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
CLARENCE DARROW

Freedom Human Institution Law
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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Freedom Liberty Man Myself Protection
There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
CLARENCE DARROW

Action Crime Thinking
An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
CLARENCE DARROW

Doubt Doubtful Faith Religious
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
CLARENCE DARROW

Himself Lying Need
Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
CLARENCE DARROW

Chase Freedom Hell Touch Truth Yourself
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Conflict Fight Forever Liberty Man Obligation Preservation Tolerance
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
CLARENCE DARROW

Clothes Fit Law People Service
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
CLARENCE DARROW

Capital Cooperation Criminal
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
CLARENCE DARROW

Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
CLARENCE DARROW

Brain Creation Money Truth
There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
CLARENCE DARROW

Contentment Kill Sick
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
CLARENCE DARROW

Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
CLARENCE DARROW

Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Accomplishment Nation Path People Tax Willing Wrong
I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
CLARENCE DARROW

Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW

Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
CLARENCE DARROW

Believe Goodness Mom Myself
Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
CLARENCE DARROW

Dreams Fact Forever Imagination Perspective Right True

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