13 quotes
"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."
- Clarence Darrow
Awareness
"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
- Clarence Darrow
Belief
"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free."
- Clarence Darrow
Belief
"I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend than be one."
- Clarence Darrow
Compassion
"Working people have a lot of bad habits, but the worst of those is work."
- Clarence Darrow
Happiness
"Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for."
- Clarence Darrow
Courage
"I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall."
- Clarence Darrow
Courage
"I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one."
- Clarence Darrow
Motivation
"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
- Clarence Darrow
Adversity
"Working people have a lot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work."
- Clarence Darrow
Reflection
"The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children."
- Clarence Darrow
Philosophy
"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; justice is what comes out of a courtroom."
- Clarence Darrow
Philosophy
"Laws should be like clothes. They should fit the people they are meant to serve."
- Clarence Darrow
Philosophy