Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
CLARENCE DARROWHuman action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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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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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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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 never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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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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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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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.
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