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.
CLARENCE DARROWAll men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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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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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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The law is a horrible business.
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