Laws should be like clothes. They should fit the people they are meant to serve.

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"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

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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