Chase after the truth like all hell.
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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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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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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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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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All 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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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