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" The American people do not like neutrality. They would rather a man were on the wrong side than on neither. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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" Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. "

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

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" A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Freedom believes in education - the salvation of slavery is ignorance. "

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

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" There are times when a falsehood well told bridges over quite a difficulty, but in the long run, you had better tell the truth, even if you swim the creek. "

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" I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. "

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" If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men. "

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

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" There is no slavery but ignorance. "

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" There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise. "

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" In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. "

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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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" Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field. "

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" What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy. "

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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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" The mind cannot be securely anchored. If we do not advance, we go backward. If we do not grow, we decay. If we do not develop, we shrink and shrivel. "

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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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" 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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" 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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