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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

Clarence Darrow

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Children Doubt Thinking Tragedy
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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Charity Hate Misfortune Revenge
Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man’s origin, capacity and responsibility.
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Custom Ideas Law Old Ourselves Responsibility
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
Life 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.
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End Environment Important Lesson Life Live Relation
The 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.
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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
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
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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Brain Creation Money Truth
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
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
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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Fear Loyalty Nation Togetherness
An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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Doubt Doubtful Faith Religious
There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Contentment Kill Sick
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

Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

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