 The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice. |
| The trouble with law is lawyers. |
| Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work. |
| Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve. |
| I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose. |
| Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont. |
| None meet life honestly and few heroically. |
| The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries. |
| Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away. |
| History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history. |
| Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. |
| The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. |
| In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality. |
| Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for. |
| You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. |
| The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. |
| I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it. |
| I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. |
| I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. |
| I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. |
