Clarence Darrow Quotes About Religion

Quotes about: Religion

• I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

  Clarence Darrow

  Death, Mother, Atheist

  Speech, Toronto, Canada, 1930

• I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

  Clarence Darrow

  Atheist, Men, Religion

  Emanuel Haldeman-Julius' eulogy for Clarence Darrow, 1938.

• 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.

  Clarence Darrow

  Funny, Witty, Powerful

  Speech at Scopes trial, Dayton, Tenn., 15 July 1925

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

  Clarence Darrow

  People, Laughing, Religion

  Clarence Darrow's remarks at a debate with religious leaders in Kansas City, as quoted in a Emanuel Haldeman-Julius' eulogy for Clarence Darrow, 1938.

• 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.

  Clarence Darrow

  Men, Support, Religion

• I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.

  Clarence Darrow

  Running, Opportunity, Religion

  Clarence Darrow, S. T. Joshi (2005). “Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society”, p.66, Ohio University Press

• I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

  Clarence Darrow

  Doubt, Religion, Ends

  Clarence Darrow (2015). “The Story of My Life”, p.38, Lulu.com

• I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

  Clarence Darrow

  Mother, Atheist, Believe

  Speech, Toronto, Canada, 1930

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