Robert Ingersoll
Robert 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"...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 August 1833
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That church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves;
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Those who have loved God most have loved men least
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Those who have loved God most, have loved man least
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Calvin was as near like the God of the Old Testament as his health permitted
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But if the witnesses are inspired of God then there is no reason for their disagreeing on anything, and if they do disagree it is a demonstration that they were not inspired
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It is said that from Mount Sinai God gave, amid thunderings and lightnings, ten commandments for the guidance of mankind; and yet among them is not found Thou shalt believe The Bible
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A God who gave his entire time for 40 years to the work of converting three millions of people, and succeeded in getting only two men, and not a single woman, decent enough to enter the promised land? (Num
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It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than the Jewish god
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I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity
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The real oppressor, enslaver, and corrupter of the people is the Bible
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You have no right to erect your toll-gate upon the highways of thought
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Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword of power, and the priceless fruit of all ages will turn to ashes on the lips of men
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Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak
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I combat those only who, knowing nothing of the future, prophesy an eternity of pain- those who sow the seeds of fear in the hearts of men- those only who poison all the springs of life, and seat a skeleton at every feast