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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Food Hate Myself Opinion
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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Laughter Lose Power Thinking Yourself
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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Face Greatness Growth Lonely Myself Opinion Stand
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
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
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Black Freckle Man Truth White
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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Beginning Doubt Fear Feeling Myself Wisdom
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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Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Happiness Himself Man Wrong
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
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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Ignorance Man Myself Pretend
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service
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
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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Compliment Ignorance Insult Man Myself Pretend
The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Children Confidence Difference Limitation Man Youth
Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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Kill Murder Notice Potential Reading Satisfaction
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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God Immortal Man Personal Production
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe God Mom Myself
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Children Fit Live Mercy
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
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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Best Common Friendship Help Kind Passenger
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Brain Jealous Liberty Man Soul
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
CLARENCE DARROW

Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong

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