Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
CLARENCE DARROWWhenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
CLARENCE DARROWReligion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
CLARENCE DARROWThe fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
CLARENCE DARROWEven if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
CLARENCE DARROWJustice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROWI am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
CLARENCE DARROWI had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
CLARENCE DARROWFor to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
CLARENCE DARROWThe origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
CLARENCE DARROWMen 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.
CLARENCE DARROWJust think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
CLARENCE DARROWInstead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
CLARENCE DARROWChase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
CLARENCE DARROWEach child should be more intelligent than his parents.
CLARENCE DARROWHuman action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
CLARENCE DARROWI feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
CLARENCE DARROW