I. Frost's Selected Quotations

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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails. Clarence Darrow

None meet life honestly and few heroically. Clarence Darrow

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself. Clarence Darrow

To think is to differ. Clarence Darrow

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man. Clarence Darrow

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. Clarence Darrow

The law is a horrible business. Clarence Darrow

There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court. Clarence Darrow

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. Clarence Darrow

With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. Clarence Darrow

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

I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. Clarence Darrow

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? Clarence Darrow

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong. Clarence Darrow

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

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. Clarence Darrow

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. Clarence Darrow

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think. Clarence Darrow

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away. Clarence Darrow

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood. Clarence Darrow

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 know he can't. Clarence Darrow

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. Clarence Darrow

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man - public opinion. Clarence Darrow

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose. Clarence Darrow

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. Clarence Darrow

History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history. Clarence Darrow

I am a friend of the workingman, I would rather be his friend than be one. Clarence Darrow

Life is a serious burden, which no thinking, humane person would wantonly inflict on someone else. Clarence Darrow

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself. Clarence Darrow

Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet. Clarence Darrow

None meet life honestly and few heroically. Clarence Darrow

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 know he can't. Clarence Darrow

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. Clarence Darrow

Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions. Clarence Darrow