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No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Iconoclast
Severest
Possibly
Escape
Criticism

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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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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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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.
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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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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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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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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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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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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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I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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