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" Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else. "
Robert Green Ingersoll
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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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" 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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" In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men. "
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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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" 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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" Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light. "
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" In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. "
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" The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within. "
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" I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber. "
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" What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. "
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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. "
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