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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

Clarence Darrow

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
CLARENCE DARROW

Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
CLARENCE DARROW

Conflict Fight Forever Liberty Man Obligation Preservation Tolerance
Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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End Environment Important Lesson Life Live Relation
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROW

History Oneself Repeat
It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Children Greatness Misfortune Opportunity Rich
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Errors Evil Soul Truth
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Believe Document Human Personal
I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Cruelty Myself Right Suspicious
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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Defend Delusion Land Strong Weakness
No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Citizenship Determination Goodness Law Man Worth
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Enough Freedom Necessary Order
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Happiness Himself Man Wrong
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument

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