Clarence Darrow Quotes

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Clarence Darrow

Death, Great, Read

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
Clarence Darrow

Patriotism, True, Else

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Clarence Darrow

Hell, Understood, Suffered

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.
Clarence Darrow

Men, Insult, Rather

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Clarence Darrow

Die, Wanted, Few

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
Clarence Darrow

Men, Sure, Ignorant

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow

Politics, Become, Beginning

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

Children, Parents, Lives

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.
Clarence Darrow

Long, Last, Forever

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Clarence Darrow

Truth, Yourself, After

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

Strong, Made, Themselves

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
Clarence Darrow

Power, Laugh, Lose

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
Clarence Darrow

Freedom, Protect, Protecting

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

Business, Everything, Law

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
Clarence Darrow

History, Wrong, Repeats

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
Clarence Darrow

God, Mother, Goose

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

Lost, Fighting, Worth

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

Help, Seeking, Offense

You can only be free if I am free.
Clarence Darrow

The trouble with law is lawyers.
Clarence Darrow

Legal, Law, Trouble

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Clarence Darrow

Learn, Speak, English

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

Life, Faith, Hope

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

Truth, Free, Catch

Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
Clarence Darrow

May, Church, Bring

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
Clarence Darrow

Men, Means, Sure

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: April 18, 1857

Died: March 13, 1938

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