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Robert Green Ingersoll quotes

American Lawyer August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899

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A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. Robert Green Ingersoll
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. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "There are treasures in books that all the money in the world..."
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing. Robert Green Ingersoll
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms. Robert Green Ingersoll
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to..."
Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. Robert Green Ingersoll
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit..."
Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night."
With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry."
The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing..."
The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as..."
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a..."
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "If I had my way, I'd make health catching instead of disease."
If I had my way, I'd make health catching instead of disease. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "Courage without conscience is a wild beast."
Courage without conscience is a wild beast. Robert Green Ingersoll

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