Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
CLARENCE DARROWEducation was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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In 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.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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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.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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