I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.
¶ "Medley"
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Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
¶ (Attributed)
I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
¶ (Attributed)
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
¶ People v. Lloyd (31 Jul. 1920)
With 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 man, than any other association of men.
¶ The Railroad Trainman (Nov 1909)
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.
¶ Speech during defense of John Scopes, Dayton, Tennessee (13 Jul 1925)
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