The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
CLARENCE DARROWTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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I 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.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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