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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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 feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
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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 iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs
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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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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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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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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges naturally believe the defendant is guilty.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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