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As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
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Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak the crafty and heartless have ensnared and enslaved the simple and innocent, and nowhere, in all the annals of mankind, has any god succored the oppressed
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Diderot took the ground that, if orthodox religion be true Christ was guilty of suicide. Having the power to defend himself he should have used it.
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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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It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
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We are told in the Pentateuch, that god, the father of us all, gave thousands of maidens, after having killed their fathers, their mothers, and their brothers, to satisfy the brutal lusts of savage men. If there be a god, I pray him to write in his book, opposite my name, that I denied this lie for him.
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The few took advantage of the ignorant many. They pretended to have received messages from the Unknown. They stood between the helpless multitude and the gods. They were the carriers of flags of truce. At the court of heaven they presented the cause of man, and upon the labor of the deceived they lived.
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There are some truths, however, that we should never forget: Superstition has always been the relentless enemy of science faith has been a hater of demonstration hypocrisy has been sincere only in its dread of truth, and all religions are inconsistent with mental freedom.
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The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.
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The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.
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If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better by piling epithet upon epithet. There is no logic in abuse there is no argument in an epithet.
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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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Reason is the light, the sun of the brain. It is the compass of the mind, the ever-constant Northern Star, the mountain peak that lifts itself above all clouds.
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If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.
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In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
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The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know.
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The triumph of justice is the only peace.
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The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
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What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
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