I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
CLARENCE DARROWI am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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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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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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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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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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