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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.

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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

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To think is to differ.

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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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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.

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

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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

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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.

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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

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None meet life honestly and few heroically.

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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.

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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

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History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

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The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

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I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

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You can only be free if I am free.

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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

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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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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.

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I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

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

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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

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The trouble with law is lawyers.

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