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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

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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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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.
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Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out of Coolidge.
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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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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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We're all killers at heart . . . . I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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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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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god he would be a devil.
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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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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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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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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