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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn't be surprised if those things were wrong.
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.
The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.
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.
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.