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huskeydogg: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

SarcasmLiving: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." — Clarence Darrow

NoJesuitTricks: 3. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ~Clarence Darrow 4. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”~William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

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Thogar: “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.” - Clarence Darrow

AnthonyMKreis: Clarence Darrow, Mike Lindell is not.

ScottMi46098387: I get right to the point I’m like Clarence Darrow And DA in Trump New York City case really doesn’t know law and is a friend of criminals in New York

Rayscot2963: I remember when the only lawyer's name I knew were Clarence Darrow & F. Lee Baily.

danielahorwitz: In no particular order: Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg, RBG (who was in the legal hall of fame long before becoming a Justice), Fred Gray, Clarence Darrow, William Kunstler.

BillsharksJuja: “When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.” – Clarence Darrow Ruto's CAS WinnieOdinga

KungFuShoesSays: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." Clarence Darrow

realwinwithryan: The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. -Clarence Darrow

antoSnorkling: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

zls_app: “I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor-anybody can do that- but against power, against injustice, against oppression; and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.” – Clarence S. Darrow

SaintStinky: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." ~ Clarence Darrow, one of the Great Curmudgeons

Mastiffpop: I think it was Clarence Darrow who once said he could indict a ham sandwich.

HerliLie: quote of the day quotes of the day Clarence Darrow: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."

Quote__________: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." — Clarence Darrow

orn38wshb: Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case NLR9IQK

keaplin: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." --Clarence Darrow (one of my favorite curmudgeons)

VishweshMasurk: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." -Clarence Darrow

AncientWisdomHQ: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." - Clarence Darrow

evil_spectre: Clarence Darrow: "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."

Mdixx: As this day draws to a close we would like to leave you with a thought: "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." - Clarence Darrow Thank you again for the support B⭕️erie ⭕️n My St⭕️ep

ancapquotes: "There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action." - Clarence Darrow

schulist74nxgf: Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case AGYQYY4

NO60DI: "The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business." - Clarence Darrow

sdyll1: When I was young, Clarence Darrow exclaimed anyone could be president. I surely believe it now.

detroit1051: A sad bit of history. Clarence Darrow was hired for the defense.

FrackHazReveal: Their incompetence and tomfooleries as a group are not a challenge to Clarence Darrow or Daniel Webster

SDMathProf1: 4. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow 5. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

axelibrary: Marcet is pictured sitting with Ruby Darrow, wife of Clarence Darrow, at the home of Marcet and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius in Girard. Learn more about Marcet and the Haldeman-Julius family at

JesusTheRam: Clarence Darrow once made a lecture tour of Europe. His words were always nothing but intermittent lengths of repeating 'feed yourselves to squid, feed yourselves to squid..." Crowds responded with sometimes an hour of wild sustained applause

harrisutibl: A Death in the Islands: The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow RWWGHNX

janhend75721193: I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure....Clarence Darrow.

GraceMallon3: In yet another instance of Legal History Is Wild, here's Clarence Darrow citing CSA VP Alexander Stephens in order to argue that the 1903 Alien Immigration Act was unconstitutional, as part of his defence of an accused anarchist whom the government wanted to deport to England.

Playerinthgame: Jake Tapper RT this. 0% surprised. Same guy who clutched his pearls last week when we didn't get upset McConnell fell over. People who are better than Jake Tapper: "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

RolfRothuizen: "Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve." Clarence Darrow

Mark____Edwards: 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' -- Clarence Darrow

negrosubversive: *Clarence Darrow enters the chat*

GDoc2001: This guy makes Lionel Hutz look like Clarence Darrow.

SheepishSoprano: "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

FFRF: Jim Hightower gave a speech at our 2022 national convention where he was awarded FFRF's Clarence Darrow Award. His speech, which emphasizes that "progressives need more agitators" can be found in our March issue of Freethought Today:

johnsimkin: Today in history concerns stories about Charles Grey (1764), Susan B. Anthony (1906), Charlotte Marsh (1912), Clarence Darrow (1938), Lena Ashwell (1957), Rockwell Kent (1971), Margaret Thatcher (1985), Odette Sansom (1995) and Elsie Howey (1963).

Trey_Explainer: The Scopes trial was almost 100 years ago! If you read the transcripts, young earth creationist, William Jennings Bryan got absolutely ROASTED by Clarence Darrow.

1930sN: Eighteen of the defendants in the Trial of the Twenty-One have been sentenced to death. The Russian language has become a mandatory subject in all non-Russian schools of the Soviet Union. Died: Clarence Darrow, 80, American lawyer

WhosBrownBread: March 13 Remembering those who died on this day : Susan B Anthony (1906) Clarence Darrow (1938) Odette Sansom Hallowes (1995) Krzysztof Kieslowski (1996) Ronald Fraser (1997) Lee Falk (1999) 1/2

RayBoomhower: “You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.” Clarence Darrow, who died on this day in 1938

ennui365: Clarence Darrow was one of America’s most famous and controversial defense attorneys, known for his role in the Scopes monkey trial of 1925 and other major cases of his day. He lived and practiced law during a period of unprecedented upheaval and profound change in the U.S...

emptystep: So Mitch Mcconnell fell and is hospitalized. Did Clarence Darrow say "I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction." ? I thought it was Mark Twain.

cavilrest: did not tell kid of clarence darrow & wm. jennings bryan, of whom i know little as historical figures but received stature & reputation, which, in light of almost every person of stature & reputation of my lifetime, i begin to suspect cannot reflect the historical men.

smartsitesh: You can only protect your liberties in the world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. - Clarence Darrow

BGrueskin: This is some Clarence Darrow-level lawyering right here.

welfordwrites: The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow

antoSnorkling: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

DoriceA09476059: History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.,Clarence Darrow,history,

JOSEPHO02857202: Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.,Clarence Darrow,Happy, People, You ,

gracewa94644491: If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.,Clarence Darrow,Laugh, Think, You ,

MeritzPress: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. -Clarence Darrow

OvertIntent: “The 'single tax' is so simple, so fundamental, and so easy to carry into effect that I have no doubt that it will be about the last land reform the world will ever get. People in this world are not often logical.” — Clarence Darrow, U.S. Lawyer 2/3

angelharasser: Literally clarence darrow my blorbo <33

BlaiseP49620804: "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

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TracyBaimWCMG: Mon., March 13 celebrate memory of Clarence Darrow. 6 pm: Symposium exploring his commitment to the labor movement and the 125th anniversary of his rep of organizers in Woodworkers' Conspiracy case, Loyola Quinlan School of Business, 16 E. Pearson. RSVP

100YearsAgoNews: March 6, 1923: The renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow, on vacation in Miami.

RaspiArduino: I am examining you on your fool ideas that no intelligent Christian on earth believes. -- Clarence Darrow, to William Jennings Bryan

RaspiArduino: "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." -- Clarence Darrow

emeka_ezra: “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure,” Clarence Darrow.

7PillarWisdom: “When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.” - Clarence Darrow

hpboots: Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev~   When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow~

IamNotElon: Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? - Clarence Darrow

RuthW1940: Jim Hightower: Clarence Darrow Awardee

2608ted: How a Clarence Darrow figure is much needed

JimCanOps: Also if memory serves organized religion is only growing in the less educated part of the world. Shrining in the 1st world. Even the current Pope is showing signs of rationality. I am with Clarence Darrow.

pomarico_vic: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow~ THE CURRENT, SENILE, IMBECILE IS HARD PROOF OF IT~~~NOT SAYING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THOSE THAT PUT HIM THERE~!~

TracyBaimWCMG: Annual Clarence Darrow tribute events Monday. March 13, free. See flier for details, for for evening event RSVP at

MeritzPress: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. -Clarence Darrow

RickFreedland: I’m reminded of what the great lawyer Clarence Darrow said about the death penalty. “It’s legalized murder! The Murdaugh judge explained it perfectly. Mistakes have been made. Innocent have died. It’s no deterrent. Life in jail will make him miserable every day of his life.

PaulKater: 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. - Clarence Darrow Good morning.

AnnieMarieBarry: "To think is to differ." - Clarence Darrow

Museum1907: Leopold, with partner in crime Richard Loeb, brutally murdered a young Chicago boy in 1924. The duo were spared the death penalty by an impassioned plea from legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow.

Js9Ov4qK63ix: to Clarence Darrow in Improving the Quality of Life for the Black Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities : Hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, September 25, 1987 (1988).

antoSnorkling: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

teaberryblue: Honestly I was just thinking about Inherit the Wind yesterday but it was because I was remembering the thinly veiled Clarence Darrow character’s awesome polka dot suspenders

javierlorentem: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow. Buenos días!

CKscullycat: "I've never killed any one but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." (Clarence Darrow)

FinderGrailII: 'Ellen' gave him a college scholarship! The LatinX Clarence Darrow!

MilesMcCann1: Clarence Darrow is one of the heroes of leftist lawyers in the U.S. Not so many know, however, that Darrow was prosecuted and disbarred from practicing law in California after he was caught trying to hand a wad of cash to a juror in a case he was trying.

OlamideOyemaja: When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. -Clarence Darrow

PhilosopherJoeC: Every man's daily life is largely made up of acts from which a presumption of either guilt or innocence can be inferred, depending upon the attitude of the one who draws the inference. Clarence Darrow, Crime: Its Cause and Treatment

Freedominboston: Evolution’s Racism defended by Clarence Darrow: The Monkey Trial & William Jennings Bryan – American Minute with Bill Federer

NiCanestrini: “To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.” (Clarence Darrow)

hickle41uidtk: A Death in the Islands: The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow JV564AS

IdealistAnarchy: “When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.” – Clarence Seward Darrow per Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

PhilCooke: "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow

dales2: “We have the purpose of preventing bigots and ignoramuses from controlling the education of the United States.” Clarence Darrow

Lebowski309: Clarence Darrow.

PhilosopherJoeC: "Was there ever a murder without a cause? Was there ever a crime without a cause? And yet all punishment proceeds upon the theory that there is no cause; and the only way to treat crime is to intimidate every one into goodness and obedience to law." - Clarence Darrow

leopercer: “When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.” Clarence Darrow

magicwhistle: I've had family members with Parkinson's and sometimes they couldn't even hold silverware. I have no sympathy for Paul Gosar, but it's the other 99% that deserves scorn, not his tics. (It was actually Clarence Darrow that said the quote below)

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