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

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Cheating, having 'hoes,' none of that is cute. To be honest, it's really immature. I don't see how people take pride in breaking someone's heart. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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 ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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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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Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper space than the pleasant ones. It must be that most people enjoy hearing of and reading about the troubles of others. Perhaps men unconsciously feel that they rise in the general level as others go down.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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