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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. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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" In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. "

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" The religion that has to be supported by law is without value, not only, but a fraud and a curse. The religious argument that has to be supported by a musket is hardly worth making. "

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" I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the greater the man is, the grander he is, the more he thinks of mother, wife and daughter. "

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" If the government can make money, what on earth does it collect taxes for you and me for? Why don't it make what money it wants, take the taxes out, and give the balance to us? "

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" Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others. "

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" Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought. "

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" You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by torture, nor by social ostracism. But I will tell you what you can do by these and what you have done. You can make hypocrites by the million. "

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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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" The real sustains the same relation to the ideal that a stone does to a statue - or that paint does to a painting. Realism degrades and impoverishes. "

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" You have to change men physically before you change them intellectually. "

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" There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this. "

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" I say, let us think. Let each one express his thought. Let us become investigators, not followers, not cringers and crawlers. If there is in Heaven an infinite being, he never will be satisfied with the worship of cowards and hypocrites. "

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" If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" I do not believe anything comes by chance. I regard the present as the necessary child of a necessary past. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" 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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" A good character, like a Gibraltar, will stand against the testimony of all the rascals in the universe, no matter how they assail it. It will stand, and it will stand firmer and grander the more it is assaulted. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" 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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" Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. "

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" A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers. "

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" In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. "

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" The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Few rich men own their property; their property owns them. "

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" Voltaire made up his mind to destroy the superstition of his time. He fought with every weapon that genius could devise or use. He was the greatest of all caricaturists, and he used this wonderful gift without mercy. "

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" Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius. "

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