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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Causes
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.
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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 life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.
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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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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Everyone is the heir to all that has gone before his structure and emotional life is fixed, and no two children of nature have the same heredity. I believe everyone should and must live out what is in him. So no two lives can be the same.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.
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I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.
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