Quotes by Clarence Darrow

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

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

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

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

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

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

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