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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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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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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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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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The efforts of the medical profession in the US to control:...its...job it proposes to monopolize. It has been carrying on a vigorous campaign all over the country against new methods and schools of healing because it wants the business...I have watched this medical profession for a long time and it bears watching.
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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 difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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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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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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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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With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
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