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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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Dresden
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I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the work of God, and that the tragedy of Lear was the work of an uninspired man.
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Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.
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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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In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the world. I would say that much on the subject with my last breath.
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The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.
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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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The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
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Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance.
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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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Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.
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Orthodoxy cannot afford to put out the fires of hell.
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Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.
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There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe when the loving, the tender, east a crust, while the infamous sit at banquets.
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With soap, baptism is a good thing.
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Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.
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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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The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.
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There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.
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The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.
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They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.
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