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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
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Evil
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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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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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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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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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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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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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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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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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
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You can't get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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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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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth
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