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
men economic-inequality political
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
giving charity natural
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
science experience scientific-method
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
inspiring wisdom nature
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
men needs should
In the search for truth - that everything in nature seems to hide - man needs the assistance of all his faculties. All the senses should be awake.
hate religion church
The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness.
lying miracle facts
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
men soul individuality
Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.
wisdom freedom men
The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.
attitude regret philosophy
This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today.
men heaven world
I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with nobody but men.
honesty equality government
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, east a crust, while the infamous sit at banquets.
atheist intelligence religion
This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.
love motivational stars
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.