Clarence Darrow

“I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.”

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.”

“The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.”

“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.”

“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.”

“I do not believe in God, because I do not believe in Mother Goose.”

“Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.”

“History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.”

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

“Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.”

“I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.”

“There is no such thing as justice — in or out of court.”

“To think is to differ.”

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

“A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.”

“The trouble with law is lawyers.”

“The world is a madhouse.”

“No man is a patriot who is not at the same time a human being.”