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I am pleading for the future I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

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 am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god he would be a devil.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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