Pensions are the favors of the powerful, and dangerous to a… - Clarence Darrow

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Pensions are the favors of the powerful, and dangerous to any great intellect. It is only here and there down throughout the ages that a Voltaire is born who does not fall a victim to their blandishments.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow (18 April 1857 – 13 March 1938) was an American lawyer, most famous for having defended teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14 year old Bobby Franks (1924), and for defending John T. Scopes in the so-called "Monkey" Trial (1925), opposing William Jennings Bryan.

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Native Name: Clarence Seward Darrow

Alternative Names: Clarence S. Darrow

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