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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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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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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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The law is a horrible business.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
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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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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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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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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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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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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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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge? I do. The church has always been afraid of that tree. It still is afraid of knowledge. Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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