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Clarence Darrow Quotes

Type: Lawyer   |    Date of Birth: 1857-04-18   |    Year of Death: 1938   |    Nationality: American
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

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

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Clarence Darrow

He's [Calvin Coolidge] the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont.
Clarence Darrow

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
Clarence Darrow

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
Clarence Darrow

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

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
Clarence Darrow

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
Clarence Darrow

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

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Clarence Darrow

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Clarence Darrow

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
Clarence Darrow

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

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow

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

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

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

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

The trouble with law is lawyers.
Clarence Darrow

There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
Clarence Darrow

To think is to differ.
Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow

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 man, than any other association of men.
Clarence Darrow

You can only be free if I am free.
Clarence Darrow

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


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