Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow More Quotes by Clarence Darrow More Quotes From Clarence Darrow Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial. Clarence Darrow mindmenthinking In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality. Clarence Darrow supportmenreligion The trouble with law is lawyers. Clarence Darrow troublelawfeet When every event was a miracle, when there was no order or system or law, there was no occasion for studying any subject, or being interested in anything excepting a religion which took care of the soul. As man doubted the primitive conceptions about religion, and no longer accepted the literal, miraculous teachings of ancient books, he set himself to understand nature. Clarence Darrow teachingmenbook We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair. Clarence Darrow despairprisonmen In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads. Clarence Darrow cakechoicesway The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public. Clarence Darrow officerealdoors The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land. Clarence Darrow landmenthinking None meet life honestly and few heroically. Clarence Darrow honestlylife Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. Clarence Darrow jealoussoulmen Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial. Clarence Darrow scopetrialscivilization If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born; and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part. Clarence Darrow destinypartymen In this dilemma they evolved the theory of natural rights. If 'natural rights' means anything it means that the individual rights are to be determined by the conduct of Nature. But Nature knows nothing about rights in the sense of human conception. Clarence Darrow determinedrightsmean If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man. Clarence Darrow socialmenorder Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream. Clarence Darrow perspectiveimaginationdream 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. Clarence Darrow opportunityrunningreligion Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices. Clarence Darrow smartcleverfunny One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life. Clarence Darrow philosophylongyears The consideration and kindness shown by unfortunates to each other are surprising to those who have no experience with this class of men. Often to find real sympathy you must go to those who know what misery means. Clarence Darrow realkindnessmean I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here. Clarence Darrow atheismhomemen
