Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Clarence Darrow quotes

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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He's [Calvin Coolidge] the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont.
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History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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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.
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I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
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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.
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I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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