Clarence Darrow Quotes

• In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

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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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• 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.

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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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• Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.

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• No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

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• Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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• None meet life honestly and few heroically.

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

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• 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.

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• The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

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• The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

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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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• There is no such thing as justice – in or out of court.

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

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• Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

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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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• With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.

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• You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.

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• The trouble with law is lawyers.

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Clarence Darrow (45)

Birth:	18th April, 1857
Death:	13th March, 1938
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer

About

Clarence Seward Darrow was born in Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1878.

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