No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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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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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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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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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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