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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
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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 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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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
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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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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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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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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.
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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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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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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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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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