Quotes from Clarence Darrow

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.

Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.

I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.

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.

Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.

Chase after the truth like all hell.

The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth

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

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

The trouble with law is lawyers.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

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

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

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