Knows Quotes by Clarence Darrow

9 Knows quotes by Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow’s courtroom rhetoric often turned to broader moral questions; these nine brief thoughts on knowing reflect his talent for framing complex ideas in clear, persuasive language.

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I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I…

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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.

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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…

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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…

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In this dilemma they evolved the theory of natural rights. If 'natural rights' means anything it means that the individual rights are…

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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from…

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The consideration and kindness shown by unfortunates to each other are surprising to those who have no experience with this class of…

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Every one knows that the heavenly bodies move in certain paths in relation to each other with seeming consistency and regularity which…

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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? We now know pretty well where the various…

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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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