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Quotes by Clarence Darrow

US defense lawyer (1857 - 1938)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 agnosticism means.

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

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

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

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.

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