Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
CLARENCE DARROWGreat wealth often curses all who touch it.
CLARENCE DARROWWhen I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
CLARENCE DARROWJustice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROWReligion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
CLARENCE DARROWOne cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
CLARENCE DARROWThe difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
CLARENCE DARROWThe Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably 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 DARROWIt 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 DARROWPhysical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
CLARENCE DARROWThe 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 DARROWTo think is to differ.
CLARENCE DARROWLife is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
CLARENCE DARROWYou can only be free if I am free.
CLARENCE DARROWEverybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
CLARENCE DARROWEugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
CLARENCE DARROW