No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
Clarence DarrowMen have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
Clarence DarrowWe know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
Clarence DarrowInstead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
Clarence DarrowWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
Clarence Darrow