Clarence Darrow Quotes (52 Quotes)


    Whenever I hear of birth control, I always remember that I was the fifth

    If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

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

    Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.

    Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.


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

    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.

    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.

    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.

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

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

    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.

    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.

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

    You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.

    I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

    I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.


    There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.

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

    The origin of the human race is not as blind a subject as it once was. Let alone God creating Adam out of hand, from the dust of the earth, does anyone believe that Eve was made from Adam's rib...

    Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.

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

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


    If you lose your power to laugh, you lose your power to think.

    Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.


    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.

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

    First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world.

    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.

    The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

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

    What I hope to see for labor is the people who work in factories own the factories

    He's the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont. On Calvin Coolidge

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

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

    How did the snake walk before the temptation Did it tilt on its tail like a wooden pole


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

    Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

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

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

    Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

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

    The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth.

    Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

    The 'single tax' is so simple, so fundamental, and so easy to carry into effect that I have no doubt that it will be about the last reform the world will ever get. People in this world are not often logical.

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


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