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.
CLARENCE DARROWEven if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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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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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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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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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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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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The law is a horrible business.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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