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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact...

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact...

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a...

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a...

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...

You can only be free if I am free.

You can only be free if I am free.

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...

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

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

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

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

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

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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...

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.

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.

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.

To think is to differ.

To think is to differ.