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.
CLARENCE DARROWTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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To think is to differ.
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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.
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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