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• Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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  Inspirational, Hope, Nature

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4655, Library of Alexandria

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• Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

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  Believe, Men, Thinking

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1173, Library of Alexandria

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• The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

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  Honesty, Integrity, Character

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2445, Library of Alexandria

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• As long as woman regards the Bible as the charter of her rights, she will be the slave of man. The bible was not written by a woman. Within its leaves there is nothing but humiliation and shame for her.

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  Men, Rights, Long

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• It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do.

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  Christian, Country, Book

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• Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

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  Religion, Atheism, Reform

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1182, Library of Alexandria

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• They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.

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  Judging, Important, Deeds

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.287, Library of Alexandria

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• The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.

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  Men, People, Opinion

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

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• In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

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  Work, India, Genius

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.725, Library of Alexandria

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• When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust.

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  Atheist, Wall, Light

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.929, Library of Alexandria

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• A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.

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  Atheist, Eagles, Wings

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.108, Library of Alexandria

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• I believe in the religion of reason -- the gospel of this world; in the development of the mind, in the accumulation of intellectual wealth, to the end that man may free himself from superstitious fear, to the end that he may take advantage of the forces of nature to feed and clothe the world.

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  Believe, Men, Thinking

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1905). “Lectures and Essays (a Selection)”

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• 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.

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  Philosophy, Dark, Clouds

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• Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

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  Forever, Enemy, Religion

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1083, Library of Alexandria

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• I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.

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  Men, Doubt, Mind

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.183, Library of Alexandria

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• All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention - of barbarian invention - is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition - then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity.

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  Book, Eye, Heart

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

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• If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree?

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  Book, Brain, Faults

  Robert Green Ingersoll, Jeremiah Sullivan Black, George Park Fisher (1882). “The Christian Religion: A Series of Articles from the North American Review”

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• The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

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  Men, Intellectual, Religion

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.49, Library of Alexandria

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• We rise by lifting others.

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  Helping Others, Society, Public Service

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• There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers.

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  Mother, Equality, Men

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.973, Library of Alexandria

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• While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. 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. This creed is somewhat short, but it is long enough for this life, strong enough for this world. If there is another world, when we get there we can make another creed.

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  Strong, Long, World

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• If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization.

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  Ambition, Ignorance, Civilization

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.18, Library of Alexandria

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• Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

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  Ignorance, Miracle, Religion

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1070, Library of Alexandria

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• It is a splendid thing to think that the woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the mask of years, if you really love her, you will always see the face you love and won. And a woman who really loves a man does not see that he grows old; he is not decrepit to her; she always sees the same gallant gentleman who won her hand and heart.

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  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.209, Library of Alexandria

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• If God created the universe, there was a time when he commenced to create. Back of that commencement there must have been an eternity. In that eternity what was this God doing? He certainly did not think. There was nothing to think about. He did not remember. Nothing had ever happened. What did he do? Can you imagine anything more absurd than an infinite intelligence in infinite nothing wasting an eternity?

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  Thinking, Infinite Intelligence, Remember

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.324, Library of Alexandria

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