Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have ensnared and enslaved the simple and innocent, and nowhere, in all the annals of mankind, has any god succored the oppressed.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind,...

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind,...

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

If Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency...

If Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency...