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.
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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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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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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 origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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