Doe Quotes by Clarence Darrow

8 Doe quotes by Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow shares eight concise thoughts on 'Doe,' each reflecting his sharp legal mind. Though brief, the collection gives a useful snapshot of his approach to the theme.

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If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who…

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Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would…

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

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It may never come, but I fancy than no man who has sympathy for the human race does not wish that sometime…

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

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Cheating, having 'hoes,' none of that is cute. To be honest, it's really immature. I don't see how people take pride in…

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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.

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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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“One of the bravest, grandest champions of human liberty the world has ever seen. {Darrow on the great Robert Ingersoll }”

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I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and…

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“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would…

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

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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a…

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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

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Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a…

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“ Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the…

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Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.

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

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If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who is guided…

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