The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. — Robert Green Ingersoll Civilization Copy Share Image
I would rather that we all should go to eternal chaos, to black and starless night, than that just one soul should… — Robert Green Ingersoll Agony Copy Share Image
If matter cannot be destroyed, cannot be annihilated, it could not have been created. The indestructible must be uncreatable. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Atheism Copy Share Image
There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed… — Robert Green Ingersoll Career Copy Share Image
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. — Robert Green Ingersoll Death Copy Share Image
The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural. — Robert Green Ingersoll Christian Copy Share Image
There may or may not be a Supreme Ruler of the universe-but we are certain that man exists, and we believe that… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear… — Robert Green Ingersoll Absolute power Copy Share Image
I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Death Copy Share Image
I have no reverence for any book that teaches a doctrine contrary to my reason; no reverence for any book that teaches… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Bankruptcy Copy Share Image
“Justice is the only worship. Love is the only priest. Ignorance is the only slavery. Happiness is the only good. The time… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Justice, poised and balanced in eternal calm, will shake from the golden scales in which are weighed the acts of men, the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Some president wishes to be re-elected, and thereupon speaks about the Bible as "the corner-stone of American Liberty." This sentence is a… — Robert Green Ingersoll American liberty Copy Share Image
In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all… — Robert Green Ingersoll Jehovah Copy Share Image
It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose… — Robert Green Ingersoll Absurd Copy Share Image
Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword of power, and the priceless fruit of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Church Copy Share Image
I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote. — Robert Green Ingersoll Bible Copy Share Image
The government, in my judgment, cannot create money; the government can give its note, like an individual, and the prospect of its… — Robert Green Ingersoll Being Copy Share Image
If Christ, in fact, said "I came not to bring peace but a sword," it is the only prophecy in the New… — Robert Green Ingersoll Bible Copy Share Image
I hope there is another life, for I would like to see how things come out in this world when I am… — Robert Green Ingersoll Another life Copy Share Image
Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they… — Robert Green Ingersoll Argument Copy Share Image
I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with nobody… — Robert Green Ingersoll Heaven Copy Share Image
I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Atheism Copy Share Image
Custom is a prison, locked and barred by those who long ago were dust, the keys of which are in the keeping… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest souls make the most fuss about getting them saved. — Robert Green Ingersoll Inspirational Copy Share Image
Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind. — Robert Green Ingersoll Anger Copy Share Image
Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Attention Copy Share Image
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business… — Robert Green Ingersoll Age Copy Share Image
It always has been and forever will be impossible for slavery or any kind or form of injustice to produce a great… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I will live by the standard of reason, and if thinking in accordance with reason takes me to perdition, then I will… — Robert Green Ingersoll Heaven Copy Share Image
I concluded that all religions had the same foundation - a belief in the supernatural - a power above nature that man… — Robert Green Ingersoll Belief Copy Share Image
Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea… — Robert Green Ingersoll Idea Copy Share Image
If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than the Jewish god — Robert Green Ingersoll God Copy Share Image
Perish the infamous doctrine that man can have property in man. Let us resent with indignation every effort to put a chain… — Robert Green Ingersoll Effort Copy Share Image
