“Every man should stand under the blue and stars, under the infinite flag of nature, the peer of every other man.” — Robert G. Ingersoll Equality Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Astronomy Copy Share Image
“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating… — Robert G. Ingersoll Absurd Copy Share Image
“My dog," he said, "just barks and plays -has all he wants to eat. He never works- has no trouble about business.… — Robert G. Ingersoll Business Copy Share Image
“I compared what was really known about the stars with the account of creation as told in Genesis. I found that the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Nearly all people stand in great horror of annihilation, and yet to give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself. Mental slavery… — Robert G. Ingersoll Death Copy Share Image
“Upon the shadowy shore of death the sea of trouble casts no wave. Eyes that have been curtained by the everlasting dark,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Atheism Copy Share Image
“I want to do what little I can to make my country truly free, to broaden the intellectual horizon of our people,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Belief Copy Share Image
“When reading the history of the Jewish people, of their flight from slavery to death, of their exchange of tyrants, I must… — Robert G. Ingersoll Abhorrent Copy Share Image
“I swear that while I live I will do what little I can to preserve and to augment the liberties of man,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Children Copy Share Image
“When the great ship containing the hopes and aspirations of the world, when the great ship freighted with mankind goes down in… — Robert G. Ingersoll Aspiration Copy Share Image
“We have heard talk enough. We have listened to all the drowsy, idealess, vapid sermons that we wish to hear. We have… — Robert G. Ingersoll Bible Copy Share Image
“There has never been upon the earth a generation of free men and women. It is not yet time to write a… — Robert G. Ingersoll Belief Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the government of the lash, if any one of you ever expects to whip your children again,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Abuse Copy Share Image
“Let us forget that we are Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians, or Free-thinkers, and remember only that we are men and women. After… — Robert G. Ingersoll Authority Copy Share Image
“Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim—one upon… — Robert G. Ingersoll Advance Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that the Pentateuch could not have been written by uninspired men? that the assistance of God was necessary to… — Robert G. Ingersoll Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“We know that there are many animals on this continent not found in the Old World. These must have been carried from… — Robert G. Ingersoll Absurdity Copy Share Image
“I know not what discoveries, what inventions, what thoughts may leap from the brain of the world. I know not what garments… — Robert G. Ingersoll Discoveries Copy Share Image
“Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind… — Robert G. Ingersoll Amazing Copy Share Image
“Can we believe that the real God, if there is one, ever ordered a man to be killed simply for making hair… — Robert G. Ingersoll Aaron Copy Share Image
“The sciences are not sectarian. People do not persecute each other on account of disagreements in mathematics. Families are not divided about… — Robert G. Ingersoll Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Any doctrine that… — Robert G. Ingersoll Coward Copy Share Image
“At present, the successful office-seeker is a good deal like the center of the earth; he weighs nothing himself, but draws everything… — Robert G. Ingersoll Analogy Copy Share Image
“The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have, is to so live, and so improve himself in heart and brain, as… — Robert G. Ingersoll Ambition Copy Share Image
