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

—Clarence Darrow

About Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial,...

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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.

—Clarence Darrow

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

—Clarence Darrow

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

—Clarence Darrow

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

—Clarence Darrow

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause.

—Clarence Darrow

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More quotations tagged with “doubt”

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

—Christine Bovee

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

—Bertrand Russell

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

—Bertrand Russell

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

—Arthur Golden

Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more… doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.

—Albert Guerard

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