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Inherit the Wind
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"Inherit the Wind" Quotes

During the Scopes Monkey Trial, a small-town teacher is prosecuted for teaching evolution in a thought-provoking play that explores the clash between science and religion.

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Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding.

Jerome Lawrence

ignorancefanaticism

All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.

Jerome Lawrence

perspectivechange

I do not think about things I do not think about.

Jerome Lawrence

thoughtmindset

The Bible is a book. It's a good book, but it is not the only book.

Jerome Lawrence

religionbelief

The Bible is a book. It's a good book. But it is not the only book.

Jerome Lawrence

religionbelief

Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it.

Jerome Lawrence

progresschange

Why is it, my old friend, that you've moved so far away from me?

Jerome Lawrence

distancefriendship

Sometimes, I think it's a curse to be able to read.

Jerome Lawrence

readingcurse

We're growing a strange crop of agnostics this year.

Jerome Lawrence

agnosticismbelief

When the law is wrong, it's an absurdity. When it's right, it's a tyranny.

Jerome Lawrence

lawjustice