Clarence Darrow

(1857–1938) Jurist United States

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Clarence Darrow was a jurist from the United States, best known for Crime: Its Cause and Treatment.

Quick Facts About Clarence Darrow

Born: April 18, 1857
Died: March 13, 1938
Nationality: United States
Profession: Jurist
Notable works: Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
Known for: War Prisoners, The plea of Clarence Darrow

About Clarence Darrow

He also helped defend the Ossian Sweet case, was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and strongly supported Georgist economic ideas. In addition to his courtroom work, Darrow was a popular public speaker, debater, and writer who shared his views on law and justice.

Quotes by Clarence Darrow · Page 6

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach humanity our proper relation to the environment where…

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Education

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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

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

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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.

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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

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Brain

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

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Courtroom

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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the free will to select his course.

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Crime

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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins…

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Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human…

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Earth

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I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of…

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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still…

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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.

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Beast

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Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out…

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Funny

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