Clarence Darrow Quotes

The trouble with law is lawyers.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat t...

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

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

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

[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Si...

Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so ove...

Getting married is a good deal like going to a restaurant with your friends. You order what you want...

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish every...

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are ...

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism a...

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

We are born and we die; and between these two most important events in our lives more or less time e...

I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who wo...

I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

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

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

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

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

The criminals who, in the face of contumely, hatred or violence, have led the world to a higher stan...

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend t...

Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one n...

If every man who passed an unjust judgment on his fellow should be condemned, how many judges would ...

If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, t...

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accep...

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

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

Sympathy is the child of imagination

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend t...

Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were...

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

Ignorance and fanaticism is ever busy and needs feeding. Always it is feeding and gloating for more.

You can only be free if I am free.

I believe that religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don't believe in either. I don't ...

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

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

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

To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageou...

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom...

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