Quotes by Clarence Darrow
The following are quotes from Clarence Darrow:
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.
Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to
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.
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure-that is all that agnosticism means.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.
None meet life honestly and few heroically.
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
The law is a horrible business.
The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court.
To think is to differ.
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.
With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.
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.