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.
CLARENCE DARROWMost lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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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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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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