Clarence Darrow

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

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

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. ”

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ”

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom. ”

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

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. ”

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. ”

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ”

Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work. ”