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Category: Clarence Darrow

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President I’m beginning to believe it.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

History repeats itself, and that’s one of the things that’s wrong with history.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

The trouble with law is lawyers.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

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.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

The pursuit of truth will set you free even if you never catch up with it.

3 December 2020 Clarence Darrow

Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

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