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One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.
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 never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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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 man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs
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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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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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