Quotes from Clarence Darrow

I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction.

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

They were allowed to stay there on one condition, and that is that they didn't eat of the tree of knowledge. That has been the condition of the Christian church from then until now. They haven't eaten as yet, as a rule they do not.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

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

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

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

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 know he can't.

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

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

He's the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont. -- On Calvin Coolidge

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.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

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

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

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

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

The law is a horrible business.

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

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

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

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