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 DARROWIn life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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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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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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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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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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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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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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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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