Maxioms by Robert Green Ingersoll
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of read more
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take read more
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every read more
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.