The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROWI 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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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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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.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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