Clarence Darrow Short Quotes

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There is no such thing as justice — in or out of court.

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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

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History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

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Working people have a lot of bad habits, but the worst of them is work.

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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.

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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.

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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

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All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly and few heroically.

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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.

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The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth

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The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the second half by our children.

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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.

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Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.

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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

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To know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgement and condemnation.

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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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Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.

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I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.

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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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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.

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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

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In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

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I have never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

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