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Rechtsanwalt, gilt als einer der berühmtesten amerikanischen Anwälte und Bürgerrechtler, führendes Mitglied der U.S.-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation "American Civil Liberties Union" (USA, 1857 - 1938).

Clarence Seward Darrow · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Clarence Seward Darrow wäre heute 167 Jahre, 0 Monate, 8 Tage oder 61.004 Tage alt.

Geboren am 18.04.1857 in Kinsman/Ohio
Gestorben am 13.03.1938 in Chicago
Sternzeichen: ♈ Widder

• Als ich ein Junge war, erzählte man mir, in den USA könne jeder Präsident werden. Ich fange an, es zu glauben.

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• Denken, das heißt unterscheiden.
  • Denken
  • Hypothese
  • Kompetenz

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• Die erste Hälfte unseres Lebens wird uns von unseren Eltern verdorben, die zweite Hälfte von unseren Kindern.
  • Erkenntnis
  • Eltern
  • Engagement

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• Ich glaube nicht an das Gesetz des Hasses. Ich mag meinen Idealen nicht immer treu sein, doch ich glaube an das Gesetz der Liebe, und ich glaube, daß man mit Haß nichts erreichen kann.
  • Friede
  • Krisen
  • Krieg

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• I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

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• I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

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• 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.

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• It may never come, but I fancy that no man who has sympathy for the human race does not wish that sometime those who labor should have the whole product of their toil. Probably it will never come, but I wish that the time might come when men who work in the industries would own the industries.

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• Law (is) a horrible business.

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

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• Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. From him who will not give her all, she will have nothing. She knows that his pretended love serves but to betray. But when once the fierce heat of her quenchless, lustrous eyes has burned into the victim's heart, he will know no other smile but hers.

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

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• The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it.

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• The truth is always modern, and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

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• There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.

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• There is no such thing as rights anyhow. It is a question of whether you can put it over. In any legal sense or practical sense, whatever is, is 'a right.'

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• To think is to differ.

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• Working people have a lot of bad habits, but the worst of them is work.

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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.

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• L'employeur met son argent dans les affaires et l'ouvrier y met sa vie. Le second a tout autant le droit que le premier de diriger ces affaires.

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