Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersollwas an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 August 1833
CountryUnited States of America
intended knew man
Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it.
fathers worships
Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf.
entirely government kept purely religious views
Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight.
doctrine human love rests
The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.
edifice good grand life walls worked
The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.
human lower sympathy
What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.
ideal relation statue sustains
The real sustains the same relation to the ideal that a stone does to a statue - or that paint does to a painting. Realism degrades and impoverishes.