257 Quotes by Clarence Darrow

Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

It may never come, but I fancy than no man who has sympathy for the human race does not wish that sometime those who labor should have the whole product of their toil. Probably it will never come, but I wish that the time might come when men who work in the industries would own the industries.

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

Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

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

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

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

Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.