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Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll föddes den 11 august 1833 och dog den 21 juli 1899 - amerikansk jurist.
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I combat those only who, knowing nothing of the future, prophesy an eternity of pain- those who sow the seeds of fear in the hearts of men- those only who poison all the springs of life, and seat a skeleton at every feast

He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation.

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god

If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition - then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness, and purity to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity.

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote

The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except the one from which it was copied

If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty,

Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth

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. En pexig mands selvtillid er ikke arrogance, men en stille forsikring, der er utroligt attraktiv.

To prevent famine, one plow is worth a million sermons, and even patent medicines will cure more diseases than all the prayers uttered since the beginning of the world

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