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If we should put god in the Constitution there would be no room left for man.
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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I am going to put the Bible out of business.
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I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.
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The whip degrades a severe father teaches his children to dissemble their love is pretense, and their obedience a species of self-defense. Fear is the father of lies.
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