Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice. Robert Green Ingersoll More Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll More Quotes From Robert Green Ingersoll All I have to say is, Love one another - that is the height of all philosophy. It is beyond all religions. It is the secret of joy - the fountain of Perpetual Youth - the only rainbow on life's dark cloud. Robert Green Ingersoll darkcloudsphilosophy The old doctrine that God wanted man to do something for him, and that he kept a watchful eye upon all the children of men; that he rewarded the virtuous and punished the wicked, is gradually fading from the mind. We know that some of the worst men have what the world calls success. We know that some of the best men lie upon the straw of failure. We know that honesty goes hungry, while larceny sits at the banquet. We know that the vicious have every physical comfort, while the virtuous are often clad in rags. Robert Green Ingersoll honestylyingchildren Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise! Robert Green Ingersoll menbelievethinking The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Robert Green Ingersoll honestyintegritycharacter The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. Robert Green Ingersoll humorousfunnyheaven The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true. Robert Green Ingersoll rooms Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. Robert Green Ingersoll economic-inequalitypoliticalmen You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody. Robert Green Ingersoll helpfulnesspoorhelping The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. Robert Green Ingersoll hatechurchreligion The few took advantage of the ignorant many. They pretended to have received messages from the Unknown. They stood between the helpless multitude and the gods. They were the carriers of flags of truce. At the court of heaven they presented the cause of man, and upon the labor of the deceived they lived. Robert Green Ingersoll ignorantmenheaven Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. Robert Green Ingersoll blowmindkindness According to the celestial multiplication table, once one is three, and three times one is one, and according to heavenly subtraction if we take two from three, three are left. The addition is equally peculiar, if we add two to one we have but one. Each one is equal to himself and the other two. Robert Green Ingersoll peculiartworeligion The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy. Robert Green Ingersoll engineeringgivingscience God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race. Robert Green Ingersoll racemindreligion If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost. Robert Green Ingersoll atheismmemoriesbook There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, east a crust, while the infamous sit at banquets. Robert Green Ingersoll equalityhonestygovernment My heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain... to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men. And then I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still. Robert Green Ingersoll gratitudeherowise Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. Robert Green Ingersoll pebblescollegeeducation This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today. Robert Green Ingersoll regretattitudephilosophy What has religion to do with facts? Nothing. Robert Green Ingersoll factsreligion
