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Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.


Robert Ingersoll

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ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword of power, and the pri...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppres...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He w...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change th...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak,...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of th...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain;...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high,...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL If matter cannot be destroyed, cannot be annihilated, it could not have been created. The indestruct...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in t...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbou...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL In my judgment, the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The real oppressor, enslaver, and corrupter of the people is the Bible
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as lon...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Belief is not subject to the will. Men think as they must. Children do not, and cannot, believe exac...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL In my judgment, the woman is the equal of the man. She has all the rights I have and one more, and t...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL When the great ship containing the hopes and aspirations of the world, when the great ship freighted...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there do...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is - n...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do ...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL This century will be called ROBERT G. INGERSOLL It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Whe...
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