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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
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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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.
Clarence Darrow
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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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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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man's origin, capacity and responsibility.
Clarence Darrow
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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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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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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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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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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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 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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We're all killers at heart . . . . I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
Clarence Darrow
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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