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I would rather smoke one cigar than hear two sermons.
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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Dresden
Yates County
New York
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So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
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The most important thing in this world is liberty. More important than food or clothes - more important than gold or houses or lands - more important than art or science - more important than all religions, is the liberty of man.
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The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know.
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It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.
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There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers.
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He who dishonors himself [by lying about his opinions] for the sake of being honored by others will find that two mistakes have been made - one by himself, and the other, by the people.
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The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered.
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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 are rather sorry that we have not, and wish we had.
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I hate above all things a cross man. What right has he to murder the sunshine of a day? What right has he to assassinate the Joy of life? When you go home, you ought to go like a ray of light-so that it will, even in the night, burst out of the doors and windows and illuminate the darkness.
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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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Even in the business of corporations honesty is the best policy, and the companies that have acted in accordance with the highest standard, other things being equal, have reaped the richest harvest.
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I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living tears for the dead.
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Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning.
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Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics
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Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.
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The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in order to make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book they wish to be recognized in our Constitution as the source of all authority and justice!
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I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote.
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