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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.
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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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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The law is a horrible business.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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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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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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