The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
CLARENCE DARROWTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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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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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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The 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.
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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