The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. - Clarence Darrow
History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history. - Clarence Darrow
You can only be free if I am free. - Clarence Darrow
[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty. - Clarence Darrow
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? - Clarence Darrow
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. - Clarence Darrow
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. - Clarence Darrow
There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other. - Clarence Darrow
To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned. - Clarence Darrow
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont. - Clarence Darrow
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to belive it. - Clarence Darrow
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. - Clarence Darrow
Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. - Clarence Darrow
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. - Clarence Darrow
I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil. - Clarence Darrow
History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history. - Clarence Darrow
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the last half by our children. - Clarence Darrow
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance. - Clarence Darrow
There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court. - Clarence Darrow
Sympathy is the child of imagination - Clarence Darrow
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 that agnosticism means. - Clarence Darrow
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. - Clarence Darrow
I believe that religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don't believe in either. I don't believe in God as I don’t believe in Mother Goose. - Clarence Darrow
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. - Clarence Darrow
You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free. - Clarence Darrow
Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails. - Clarence Darrow
The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it. - Clarence Darrow
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails. - Clarence Darrow
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. - Clarence Darrow