Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrowwas an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. Some of his other notable cases included defending Ossian Sweet, and John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan. Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", he remains notable for his wit, which...
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth18 April 1857
CityKinsman, OH
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
The trouble with law is lawyers.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
It is indeed strange that with all the knowledge we have gained in the past hundred years we preserve and practice the methods of an ancient and barbarous world in our dealing with crime. So long as this is observed and exercised there can be no change except to heap more cruelties and more wretchedness upon those who are the victims of our foolish system.
The efforts of the medical profession in the US to control:...its...job it proposes to monopolize. It has been carrying on a vigorous campaign all over the country against new methods and schools of healing because it wants the business...I have watched this medical profession for a long time and it bears watching.
You can only be free if I am free.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.