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" It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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" Every fact in the universe will fit every other fact in the universe. A lie never did, never will fit anything but another lie made to fit it. Never, never! "

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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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" The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live. "

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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 can imagine no sweeter way to end one's life than in the quiet of the country, out of the mad race for money, place and power - far from the demands of business - out of the dusty highway where fools struggle and strive for the hollow praise of other fools. "

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

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" Nothing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling, position by cringing. "

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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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" Our fathers founded the first secular government that was ever founded in this world. Recollect that. The first secular government - the first government that said every church has exactly the same rights and no more; every religion has the same rights, and no more. "

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