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: Ageing Quotes, Change Quotes, Reform Quotes, Revolution Quotes

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.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that...

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that...

And the people weve become, well, theyve never been the people who we are.

And the people weve become, well, theyve never been the people who we are.

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage...

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...