I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
CLARENCE DARROWMost jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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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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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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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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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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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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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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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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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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