Robert Green Ingersoll

I am going to put the Bible out of business.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Death is only perfect rest.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Commerce is the great civilizer.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Every library is an arsenal.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Intelligence is the only moral guide.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Nothing could add to the horror of hell, except the presence of its creator, God.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Fear is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Do the best that can be done and then . . . be resigned.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If the government can make money, what on earth does it collect taxes for you and me for? Why don't it make…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees and tell him that he is good,…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Diderot took the ground that, if orthodox religion be true Christ was guilty of suicide. Having the power to defend himself he…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Voltaire! A name that excites the admiration of men, the malignity of priests. Pronounce that name in the presence of a clergyman,…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition to this,…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

We can conceive of eternity because we cannot conceive of a cessation of time. We can conceive of infinite space because we…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

As long as we can get redress in the courts, as long as the laws shall be honestly administered, as long as…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Neither do I believe in revenge.…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Certainly the Old Testament does not teach us that there is another life, and upon that question even the New is obscure…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Instead of loving a God, we love each other. Instead of the religion of the sky-the religion of this world-the religion of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The only thing that makes life endurable in this world is human love, and yet, according to Christianity, that is the very…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

How any human being ever has had the impudence to speak against the right to speak, is beyond the power of my…

— Robert Green Ingersoll