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

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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

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...

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...