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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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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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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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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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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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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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The law is a horrible business.
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