Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrowwas an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. Some of his other notable cases included defending Ossian Sweet, and John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan. Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", he remains notable for his wit, which...
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth18 April 1857
CityKinsman, OH
Clarence Darrow quotes about
The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.
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.
Most 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.
It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.