Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Clarence Darrow Quotes Click here for Clarence Darrow books Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom "History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history." "Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man." "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." "All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly and few heroically." "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." "In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born." "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." "The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land." "There is no such thing as justice — in or out of court." "The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives." "The smallest, tiniest intellect may be quite as valuable to society as the largest. It may be still more valuable to itself: it may have all the capacity for enjoyment that the wisest has." "Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails." "I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here." "I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil." "Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man. I'm not worried about my soul." "When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it." "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children." "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." "To be a good lawyer, one must have a mind and a disposition to venerate the past; a respect for precedents; a belief in the wisdom and the sanctity of the dead." "The world forgives almost anything but stupidity." "I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." "It is perfectly clear that hate begets hate, force is met with force, and cruelty can become so common that its contemplation brings pleasure, when it should produce pain." "I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion." "If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong." |
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