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Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves.
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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The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
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The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.
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The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
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Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.
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Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.
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We are all children of the same mother, and the same fate awaits us all. We, too, have our religion, and it is this: Help for the living-Hope for the dead.
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