Clarence Darrow quotes
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
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 the truth like all 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?
He's [Calvin Coolidge] the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont.
History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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 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.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
The trouble with law is lawyers.
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
To think is to differ.
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.
You can only be free if I am free.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.