Clarence Darrow

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

The trouble with law is lawyers.

The trouble with law is lawyers.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe.

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.