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
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What light is to the eyes -- what air is to the lungs -- what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
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Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others.
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The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.
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The Catholics of Maryland were the first people on the new continent to declare universal religious toleration. Let this be remembered to their eternal honor.
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Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.
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Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others.
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Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics
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The Church says the Earth is flat. But I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the Moon. And I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.
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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.
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A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility.
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When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.
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Spirituality for the most part is a mask worn by idleness, arrogance and greed.
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It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving