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Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade. Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles. Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition. Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves. To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth. Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: There is in all artists a little of the vagabond. There is in all artists a little of the vagabond.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon. Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything. Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing. Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility. An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Too much doubt is better than too much credulity. Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others. A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation ... A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation ...
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Do not trust those in whom the compulsion to punish is strong. Do not trust those in whom the compulsion to punish is strong.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song. Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Do the best that can be done and then ... be resigned. Do the best that can be done and then ... be resigned.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: A miracle is the badge and brand of fraud ... No intelligent, honest man ever pretended to perform a miracle, and never will. A miracle is the badge and brand of fraud ... No intelligent, honest man ever pretended to perform a miracle, and never will.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob. The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Darwin has done more to change human thought than all the priests who have existed. Darwin has done more to change human thought than all the priests who have existed.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: I am going to put the Bible out of business. I am going to put the Bible out of business.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free. The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf. Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible. Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers. The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization. Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower. Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish. There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers. The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school. As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: A good deed is the best prayer. A good deed is the best prayer.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me. If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: I found that the clergy did not understand their own book. I found that the clergy did not understand their own book.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal. Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else. Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others. Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves. We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public. The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce. If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree. Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England. Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance. Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom ... Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom ...
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise. There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring. It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Nothing discloses character like the use of power. Nothing discloses character like the use of power.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: He who does not want does not act. He who does not want does not act.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music. Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual. The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest souls make the most fuss about getting them saved. I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest souls make the most fuss about getting them saved.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Freedom has invented every useful machine, from the lowest to the highest, from the simplest to the most complex. Freedom has invented every useful machine, from the lowest to the highest, from the simplest to the most complex.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live. The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other. The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree? If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree?
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth. Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought. The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God. In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice. Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Every library is an arsenal. Every library is an arsenal.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership. The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests. One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy. To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing. If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation. Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind. Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas. Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race. It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind. George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests? The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning. Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber. I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift. Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius. In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book and creed and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book and creed and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The undressed is vulgar; the nude is pure, and the well-dressed tainted. The undressed is vulgar; the nude is pure, and the well-dressed tainted.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: It is hard to overstate the debt that we owe to men and women of genius. It is hard to overstate the debt that we owe to men and women of genius.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody. The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt. Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something. Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds. If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: An honest God is the noblest work of man. An honest God is the noblest work of man.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for. Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within. The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: The man who finds a truth lights a torch. The man who finds a truth lights a torch.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy. A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men. In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.
Robert Green Ingersoll quotes: All the professors in all the religious colleges in this country rolled into one, would not equal Charles Darwin. All the professors in all the religious colleges in this country rolled into one, would not equal Charles Darwin.

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