Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

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

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

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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

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

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

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

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

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

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

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

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 can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

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.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.