Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
CLARENCE DARROWJustice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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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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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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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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