I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Clarence DarrowMost lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
Clarence DarrowCommon 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 . . . True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward the world, the faith in one's purpose, and the sufficiency of one's own approval as a justification for one's own acts.
Clarence DarrowI have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Clarence Darrow