257 Quotes by Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told anybody could become the President; I'm beginning to believe it.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change.

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

Strictly speaking, a crime is an act forbidden by the law of the land, and one which is considered sufficiently serious to warant providing penalties for its commission.

Some of you say that religion makes people happy, so does whisky.

An increase of crime, as show by statistics, may mean that the records are kept more completely than in former times.

When the violator is convicted. It has no necessary reference to the general moral condition of man.

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

We should always bear in mind that crime can never mean anything except the violation of law.