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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

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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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Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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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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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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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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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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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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 is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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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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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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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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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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Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.
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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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