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" George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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" Freedom has invented every useful machine, from the lowest to the highest, from the simplest to the most complex. "

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

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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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" Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else. "

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" The great poet is a great artist. He is painter and sculptor. The greatest pictures and statues have been painted and chiseled with words. They outlast all others. "

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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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" Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force. "

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" This great question of predestination and free will, of free moral agency and accountability, and being saved by the grace of God, and damned for the glory of God, have occupied the mind of what we call the civilized world for many centuries. "

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" Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the bottom of my heart, because, upon the whole, my life has been a joy. "

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" Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. "

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" As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power. "

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" Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. "

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" How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever. "

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" When you go home, fill the house with joy so that the light of it will stream out the windows and doors and illuminate even the darkness. It is just as easy that way as any in the world. "

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" The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. "

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" The government, in my judgment, cannot create money; the government can give its note, like an individual, and the prospect of its being paid determines its value. "

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" In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. "

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" He who does not want does not act. "

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" Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf. "

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" 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. "

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" I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty. "

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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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" There can be goodness without much intelligence - but it seems to me that perfect intelligence and perfect goodness must go together. "

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" Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. "

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" The Catholics of Maryland were the first people on the new continent to declare universal religious toleration. Let this be remembered to their eternal honor. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" 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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