Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes - Page 14

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• Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as society is ignorant enough and hypocritical enough to hold in high esteem the man of wealth without the slightest regard to the character of the man.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Money, Character, Men

  "The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Lectures".

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• A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Prison, Crime, Impossibility

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1218, Library of Alexandria

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• There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Differences, Genius, Stones

  Robert Green Ingersoll (2013). “Shakespeare: A Lecture”, p.31, Library of Alexandria

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• We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

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  Courage, Real, Writing

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.95, Library of Alexandria

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• Liberty is the breath of progress.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Progress, Liberty, Politics

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.978, Library of Alexandria

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• I hate above all things a cross man. What right has he to murder the sunshine of a day? What right has he to assassinate the Joy of life? When you go home, you ought to go like a ray of light-so that it will, even in the night, burst out of the doors and windows and illuminate the darkness.

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  Hate, Home, Sunshine

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.206, Library of Alexandria

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• Injustice upon earth renders the justice of of heaven impossible.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Justice, Heaven, Earth

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2154, Library of Alexandria

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• Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Character, Use Of Power, Use

  "Great Speeches of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Complete".

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• Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Done, World

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2165, Library of Alexandria

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• All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe, and lovingly built the dungeons of the Inquisition. All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the Bible, or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews, or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath, or to give your opinion of Jehovah, were passed by impudent bigots, and should be at once repealed by honest men. An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Ignorance, Men, Law

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.312, Library of Alexandria

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• Intelligence is the only moral guide.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Moral, Guides

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.3927, Library of Alexandria

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• Love your friends and be just to your enemies.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Love You, Enemy

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The Works of Robert G.Ingersoll. [Dresden Ed.]”

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• It is grander to think and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Thinking, Creeds, Repeats

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.55, Library of Alexandria

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• I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Atheist, Doe, World

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2153, Library of Alexandria

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• Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . .

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Heart, Humanist, Intellect

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2169, Library of Alexandria

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• It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most of the men only partially civilized. Some of its laws are good - some infinitely barbarous. None of the miracles related were performed. . . . Take out the absurdities, the miracles, all that pertains to the supernatural - all the cruel and barbaric laws - and to the remainder I have no objection. Neither would I have for it any great admiration.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Philosophy, Book, Men

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1952). “Life and Letters”

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• Don't you know that if people could bottle the air they would? Don't you know that there would be an American Air-bottling Association? And don't you know that they would allow thousands and millions to die for want of breath, if they could not pay for air? I am not blaming anybody. I am just telling how it is.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Air, People, Association

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1900). “The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Lectures”

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• I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Neither do I believe in revenge. No man can afford to keep the viper of revenge in his heart. But I believe in justice, in self-defense.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Revenge, Believe, Hard Work

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2185, Library of Alexandria

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• He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality on the bench, tyranny on the throne; and with a splendid courage he espoused the cause of the weak against the strong

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  Strong, Hands, Hypocrisy

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1874). “An Oration on the Life and Services of Thomas Paine”, p.122

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• Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Art, Affection, Born

  Joseph Lewis, Robert Green Ingersoll (1957). “Ingersoll the Magnificent: To which Has Been Added a Special Arrangement of Some Gems from Ingersoll for Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage”

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• A good deed is the best prayer.

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  Prayer, Deeds, Good Deeds

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4651, Library of Alexandria

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• Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Promise, Vices, Jehovah

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4351, Library of Alexandria

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• Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Coffins, Orthodoxy, Cradle

  Robert Green Ingersoll “Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'”, Library of Alexandria

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• Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Asylums, Christianity, Made

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1309, Library of Alexandria

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• Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Love Life, Character, Love Is

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1888). “Prose-poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll”

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