Burden Quotes by Robert G. Ingersoll

“So, I think that when we become civilized, great corporations will make provision for men who have given their lives to their service. I…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“I have heard them preach, when I sat in the pew and my feet did not touch the floor, about the final home of…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“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…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Jonathan Edwards, the dear old soul, who, if his doctrine is true, is now in heaven rubbing his holy hands with glee, as he…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“From my childhood I had heard read, and read the Bible myself. Morning and evening the sacred volume was opened and prayers were said.…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Suppose after all that death does end all. Next to eternal joy, next to being forever with those we love and those who have…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Strike, with hand of fire, O weird musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with symphonies sweet and…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“The doctrine that future happiness depends upon belief is monstrous. It is the infamy of infamies. The notion that faith in Christ is to…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partnership, man is a…

— Robert G. Ingersoll