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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.

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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Hell
Religion
Universe
Woman
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Devil

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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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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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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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