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
Different strokes for different folks.
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.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
In this dilemma they evolved the theory of natural rights. If 'natural rights' means anything it means that the individual rights are to be determined by the conduct of Nature. But Nature knows nothing about rights in the sense of human conception.
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.