Robert Green Ingersoll

(1833–1899) Orator United States

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Robert Green Ingersoll was an orator from the United States, best known for The works of Robert G. Ingersoll.

Quick Facts About Robert Green Ingersoll

Born: August 11, 1833
Died: July 21, 1899
Nationality: United States
Profession: Orator
Notable works: The works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Spouse: Eva Parker Ingersoll

About Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll, nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll · Page 12

There is in all artists a little of the vagabond.

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Art

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For myself, I have but little confidence in any business, or enterprise, or investment, that promises dividends only after the death of…

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Atheist

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The savage prays to a stone that he calls a god, while the Christian prays to a god he calls a spirit,…

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Christian

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Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

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Enough

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If matter cannot be destroyed, cannot be annihilated, it could not have been created. The indestructible must be uncreatable.

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Cannot

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Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)

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Form

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The real searcher after truth will not receive the old because it is old, or reject the new because it is new.…

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Alive

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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

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Clouds

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George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties…

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Heart

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

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Another world

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An honest God is the noblest work of man.

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God

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Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of…

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Christianity

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If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost..

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Atheism

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Catholicism is contrary to human liberty. Catholicism bases salvation upon belief. Catholicism teaches man to trample his reason under foot. And for…

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Bases

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The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in…

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Believe

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

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Eternity

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

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Add

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In my judgment, the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to believe in the infamous dogma of…

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American

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The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.

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Be happy

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To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

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Life

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A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he…

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Great

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Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.

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Freedom

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I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated only to children.

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Children

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The only evidence, so far as I know, about another life is, first, that we have no evidence; and secondly, that we…

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Another life

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It always has been and forever will be impossible for slavery or any kind or form of injustice to produce a great…

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Forever

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