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
kings hypocrite hypocrisy
In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
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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.
people justice humanity
If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if justice is done; if labor is rewarded; if superstition is driven from the mind; if the defenseless are protected and if the right finally triumphs, all must be the work of people. The grand victories of the future must be won by humanity, and by humanity alone.
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It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have verified that message by his own signature. Is it not wonderful that not one word was written by Christ?
believe heart men
Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart of a wild beast, can believe in eternal punishment.
progress world superstitions
Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?
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The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.
miracle religion credit
The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?
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Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
judging important deeds
They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.
rooms
The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.
doubt atheism dogma
Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth.
inspirational motivational happiness
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.
giving freedom-of-speech liberty
I am a believer in liberty . That is my religion to give to every other human being every right that I claim for myself, and I grant to every other human being, not the right because it is his right but instead of granting I declare that it is his right, to attack every doctrine that I maintain, to answer every argument that I may urge in other words, he must have absolute freedom of speech.