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The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth

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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I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.
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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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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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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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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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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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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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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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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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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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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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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.
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Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper space than the pleasant ones. It must be that most people enjoy hearing of and reading about the troubles of others. Perhaps men unconsciously feel that they rise in the general level as others go down.
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