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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.

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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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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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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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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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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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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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out of Coolidge.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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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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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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Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god he would be a devil.
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