Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
CLARENCE DARROWThe law is a horrible business.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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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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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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