At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.

Quote by Clarence Darrow

Topics: Change Quotes, Reform Quotes, Revolution Quotes

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd...

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd...

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

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

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

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

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

To think is to differ.

To think is to differ.

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

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

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

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

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends...

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends...

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

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

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man...

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is...

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is...

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure...

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure...

What I hope to see for labor is the people who work in factories own...

What I hope to see for labor is the people who work in factories own...

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

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

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

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

The trouble with law is lawyers.

The trouble with law is lawyers.