List of Clarence Darrow Quotes

I Am An Agnostic As To The Question Of God.

The Ablest Lawyers Are Always Associated With The Biggest Fees.

Punishment As Punishment Is Not Admissible Unless The Offender Has Had The Freewill To Select His Course.

Thirteen States With A Population Less Than That Of New York State Alone Can Prevent Repeal [of Prohibition] Until Halley's Comet Returns. One Might As Well Talk About A Summer Vacation On Mars.

I Cannot Tell And I Shall Never Know How Many Words Of Mine Might Have Given Birth To Cruelty In Place Of Love And Kindness And Charity.

Everything Serious That He Says Is A Joke And Everything Humorous That He Says Is Dead Serious.

Criminal Cases Receive The Attention Of The Press. The Cruel And Disagreeable Things Of Life Are More Apt To Get The Newspaper Space Than The Pleasant Ones. It Must Be That Most People Enjoy Hearing Of And Reading About The Troubles Of Others. Perhaps Men Unconsciously Feel That They Rise In The General Level As Others Go Down.

Hoover, If Elected, Will Do One Thing That Is Almost Incomprehensible To The Human Mind: He Will Make A Great Man Out Of Coolidge.

I Go To A Better Tailor Than Any Of You And Pay More For My Clothes. The Only Difference Is That You Probably Don't Sleep In Yours.

In The Great Flood Of Human Life That Is Spawned Upon The Earth, It Is Not Often That A Man Is Born.

Religious Doctrines Do Not And Clearly Cannot Be Adopted As The Criminal Code Of A State.

No Iconoclast Can Possibly Escape The Severest Criticism.