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There is a soul of truth in error there is a soul of good in evil.

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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Error
Errors
Evil
Truth
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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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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Everyone is the heir to all that has gone before his structure and emotional life is fixed, and no two children of nature have the same heredity. I believe everyone should and must live out what is in him. So no two lives can be the same.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.
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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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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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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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