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None meet life honestly and few heroically.

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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
Life
Heroically
Honestly
None
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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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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Lawyers are natural politicians.
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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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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 truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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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.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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