To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse lov… - Clarence Darrow

" "
To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse love and brotherhood, and peace and justice in the place of war and strife, could tend only to the building up of character, the elevation of the soul, and the strength and well-being of the state.

Clarence Darrow

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Clarence Darrow

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Clarence Seward Darrow

Alternative Names: Clarence S. Darrow

All quotes from Clarence Darrow Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Clarence Darrow:

Voltaire George Bernard Shaw Mark Twain H. L. Mencken G. K. Chesterton

Additional quotes by Clarence Darrow

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

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

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.

To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse love and brotherhood, and peace and justice in the place of war and strife, could tend only t… - Clarence Darrow

About Clarence Darrow

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Clarence Darrow

Enhance Your Quote Experience