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.
CLARENCE DARROWTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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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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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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