I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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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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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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