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Clarence Darrow
American
Lawyer
Born:
Apr 18
,
1857
Died:
Mar 13
,
1938
Free
Man
Men
People
Think
You
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow
Politics
Become
Beginning
Believe
President
Could
Boy
Anybody
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.
Clarence Darrow
Natural
World
Strong
Made
Own
Doubting
Tyrants
Never
Morons
Part
Most
Sure
Opinions
Up
Anything
Themselves
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
Clarence Darrow
History
History Repeats Itself
One Of The Things
Wrong
Repeats
Itself
Things
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Clarence Darrow
Parents
First
Half
Our
Ruined
Our Lives
Children
Lives
Second
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
Clarence Darrow
Man
World
Will
Long
Those
Would
Shall
Wrongs
Forever
Rebelled
Last
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Clarence Darrow
Other
Severe
Penalties
Visited
Seeking
Been
Oppressed
Offense
Help
Ever
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
Clarence Darrow
Worth
Lost
Fighting
Only
Causes
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Clarence Darrow
Truth
You
Yourself
Free
Hell
Though
Touch
Chase
Tails
Never
Like
After
Coat
Even
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
Clarence Darrow
You
Power
Lose
Think
Laugh
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Clarence Darrow
Hell
Would
More
Had
Misunderstood
Understood
Been
Lot
Being
Being Misunderstood
Suffered
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.
Clarence Darrow
Justice
Nothing
Out
Courtroom
Goes
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
Clarence Darrow
Freedom
You
Man
World
Other
Liberties
Only
Protect
Protecting
Your
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
Clarence Darrow
Men
Pretend
Know
Sure
Am
Ignorant
Agnostic
Many
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
Clarence Darrow
Legal
Try
Trial
Trial Lawyers
Cases
Only
Lawyers
Real
Juries
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Clarence Darrow
Business
Law
Seriously
Everything
Punish
Pretend
Would
Does
Dishonest
Interfere
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
Clarence Darrow
Justice
Out
Court
Thing
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
Clarence Darrow
Truth
You
Will
Free
Pursuit
Never
Catch
Up
Even
Set
The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
Clarence Darrow
Best
Side
Our
Kindly
Drifting
Dirt
Toward
Fellow
Passengers
Clinging
Friends
Same
Common
Doom
While
Who
Helpful
Speck
I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
Clarence Darrow
God
Mother
Believe
Goose
Because
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Clarence Darrow
Few
Pleasure
See
Obituary
Never
Read
Die
Anybody
Wanted
Notices
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.
Clarence Darrow
Men
Consider
Pretend
Compliment
Rather
Know
Sure
Insult
Where
Means
Ignorant
Agnostic
Agnosticism
Many
The trouble with law is lawyers.
Clarence Darrow
Legal
Law
Trouble
Lawyers
To think is to differ.
Clarence Darrow
Think
Differ
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow
Doubt
Think
Tragedy
Just
Children
Teaching
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.
Clarence Darrow
Life
Hope
Faith
Fear
Cowardice
Childish
Alive
Easy
Immortal
Absurd
Idea
Discover
Origin
Kept
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
Clarence Darrow
Religion
You
Happy
People
Say
Laughing
Some
Makes
Does
Gas
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