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Clarence Darrow Quotes (83 quotes)

“Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”
―Clarence Darrow

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

“None meet life honestly and few heroically.”
―Clarence Darrow

“Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.”
―Clarence Darrow

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

“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.”
―Clarence Darrow

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

“The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.”
―Clarence Darrow

“The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.”
―Clarence Darrow

“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.”
―Clarence Darrow

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

“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.”
―Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow

Born: April 18, 1857

Died: March 13, 1938 (aged 80)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Lawyer

Bio: Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert Bobby Franks and defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial, in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan.

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