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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Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as long as man loves liberty and seeks for truth.
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Suspicion is only another form of cowardice. The man who suspects constantly suspects because he is afraid. Whenever you find a man with a free, frank, generous, brave nature, you will find that man without suspicion.
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The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.
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Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to protect the rights of man, I am a rebel. Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to give man liberty, to clothe him in all his just rights, I am on the side of that rebellion.
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Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint.
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Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature.
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I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.
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Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be enthroned as king.
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A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
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A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
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There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.
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There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career.
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The American people do not like neutrality. They would rather a man were on the wrong side than on neither.
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Perish the infamous doctrine that man can have property in man. Let us resent with indignation every effort to put a chain upon our minds.