Every man Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

11 Every man quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Ingersoll’s humor cuts through pretension, leaving a clear view of human quirks. These eleven pithy remarks invite a smile while prompting a thoughtful look at the everyday man’s mindset.

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Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable.

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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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Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead…

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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

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Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.

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Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be…

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They believed that every man should know how to read and how to write, and should find out all that his capacity…

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Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he…

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I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock…

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The laboring people should unite and should protect themselves against all idlers. You can divide mankind into two classes: the laborers and…

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Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved…

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When passions and appetites are stronger than the intellect, men are savages; when the intellect governs the passions, when the passions are servants, men…

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In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

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The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.

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Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except the one…

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