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Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination
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
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The few have said, Think! The many have said, Believe! The first doubt was the womb and cradle of progress, and from the first doubt, man has continued to advance.
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The more liberty you give away the more you will have.
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My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.
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The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.
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Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.
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You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
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Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . .
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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.
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When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice.
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Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.
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To give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself.
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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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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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No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.
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Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
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All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.
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The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.
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It is with men as with other things. The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow as long as they have lived.
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Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
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