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" The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. "
Clarence Darrow
Seriously
Law
Everything
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" 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. "
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" Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? "
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" Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. "
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" I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose. "
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" Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals. "
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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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" You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. "
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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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" The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries. "
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" The trouble with law is lawyers. "
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" If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong. "
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" I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood. "
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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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" Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for. "
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" To think is to differ. "
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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 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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" Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" None meet life honestly and few heroically. "
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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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" I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. "
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" When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. "
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" There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court. "
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" I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. "
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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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