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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Accustom Death Horror Man Thinking
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
CLARENCE DARROW

Hell Myself Suffering Understand
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
CLARENCE DARROW

Charity Hate Misfortune Revenge
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Law Poet Wreck
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Believe Document Human Personal
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
CLARENCE DARROW

Close Important Life Man Wonderful
Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Belief Future God Life Myself Religion
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Class Community Domination Law Myself Natural Protection Remember
The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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Modern Safety Time Truth Voice
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Born Greatness Man
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.
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Conflict Fight Forever Liberty Man Obligation Preservation Tolerance
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Beginning Believe Myself President
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument

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